"The classroom was a jail of other…" — Ta Nehisi Coates

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La salle de classe était une prison des intérêts des autres. La bibliothèque était ouverte infinie libre.

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“The lesson of our history is that I, too, am America.”

Ta Nehisi Coates

“Our challenge is to recognize that there is no 'them.'”

“The entire narrative of this country argues against the truth of who you are.”

“[...] We have made the world a lie.”

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