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Lies about Black People: How to Combat Racist Stereotypes and Why It Matters

by Omekongo Dibinga

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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present

by Howard Zinn

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The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

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To look at the picture of Tommy’s family in front of their farmhouse, you might wonder what the Ladues of Oklahoma were trying so hard to keep the black folks from, but that didn’t seem to occur to Tommy.

Crystal’s Quotes

“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.”
― Karl Popper

tags: dogmatism, idealism, maturity, pragmatism, science, theory, wisdom

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“Gas Attendant: "Thata ain't no etch-a-sketch. Thats one doodle that can't be un-did home skillet.”
― Diablo Cody, Juno: The Shooting Script

tags: humor, juno

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