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The Ways of White Folks

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by Langston Hughes

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are white folks duplicitous? are they condescending? outright cruel?
Dori Brown Yes all humans are, however systemic racism has existed for hundreds of years and White people have always had the power to change this. Those charact…moreYes all humans are, however systemic racism has existed for hundreds of years and White people have always had the power to change this. Those characteristics that you are questioning are more importantly probed in this book in relation to the racism in the world (that still exists today) .(less)
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