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Lauren’s favorite books

The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson

Why Do They Act That Way? by David Walsh

Bad Childhood---Good Life by Laura Schlessinger

How to Succeed in Business Without Being White by Earl G. Graves

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Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors

by Stephen E. Ambrose

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Principles: Life and Work

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“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
― James Baldwin

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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
― James Baldwin

tags: dissent, patriotism, protest

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“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

tags: fear, hate, pain

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“The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. ”
― James Baldwin

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