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And everyone who teaches about slavery knows a little dirty secret that reveals historians’ collective failure: many African-American students struggle with a sense of shame that most of their ancestors could not escape the suffering they
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“Now that I’m an adult, I realize that kids know at a very young age when they’re being devalued, when adults aren’t invested enough to help them learn. Their anger over it can manifest itself as unruliness. It’s hardly their fault. They aren’t “bad kids.” They’re just trying to survive bad circumstances.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“Love is the enemy of sound judgment, and occasionally this is in service of the good.”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
“But home isn't where you land; home is where you launch. You can't pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
“Women endure entire lifetimes of these indignities—in the form of catcalls, groping, assault, oppression. These things injure us. They sap our strength. Some of the cuts are so small they’re barely visible. Others are huge and gaping, leaving scars that never heal. Either way, they accumulate. We carry them everywhere, to and from school and work, at home while raising our children, at our places of worship, anytime we try to advance.”
― Becoming
― Becoming
Che’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Che’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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89 friends
2,763 books
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469 friends
490 books
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155 friends
647 books
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193 friends
171 books
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109 friends
221 books
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109 friends
121 books
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136 friends
185 books
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142 friends
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