unexpected takes on the ongoing absurdities
The street corners are full of gangs
a struggle that remains central to contemporary American life
depended on the existence of a black population that was manifestly unfree--and that came to serve white authors as embodiments of their own fears and desires
has been reflected all too clearly in the corruption and violence that has plagued present-day Africa
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