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‘What I Know’: A Black Woman’s Words
By Kristen Wise — 2020
“Being Black overrides everything for me. Nothing is as thunderous in my life as racism. It seems to eclipse everything. It’s the repetitiveness of it. And the fact that it comes from every corner and nook.”
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