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Blacks had survived every form of human debasement with ingenuity, self-reliance, a deep and ironic humor, a capacity for self-reinvention and a heroic fortitude. But we had no experience of wide-open freedom.

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The first thing I ever heard about Barack Obama was that he had a white mother and a black father. Interestingly, the person who informed me of this spoke only matter-of-factly, with no hint of the gossip’s wicked delight.

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The great drama at the core of American race relations is always the same: Can black Americans ever be truly equal – are they capable of achieving it and are others capable of accepting it?

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June 5, 2024

The great drama at the core of American race relations is always the same: Can black Americans ever be truly equal – are they capable of achieving it and are others capable of accepting it?

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June 5, 2024

The first thing I ever heard about Barack Obama was that he had a white mother and a black father. Interestingly, the person who informed me of this spoke only matter-of-factly, with no hint of the gossip’s wicked delight.

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