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bookshelves: adult, literature-black-american, food-for-the-melaninated-soul, ownvoices, girls-women, society, realistic-fiction, historical-fiction, short-stories
Feb 09, 2022
bookshelves: adult, literature-black-american, food-for-the-melaninated-soul, ownvoices, girls-women, society, realistic-fiction, historical-fiction, short-stories
Toni Morrison played me.
She knew I'd make assumptions and wrote a story that knocked the wind from my lungs.
In this short story, where racial modifiers do not exist, Ms. Morrison expects us to go one way and shows the door to discoveries for which we weren't ready.
Do we place assumptions on race and class even when we think we're better than such notions? Yes.
I've been played, or did I play myself?
Thank you, Ms. Morrison, for the opportunity to continue learning.
5/5. Highly recommended!
She knew I'd make assumptions and wrote a story that knocked the wind from my lungs.
In this short story, where racial modifiers do not exist, Ms. Morrison expects us to go one way and shows the door to discoveries for which we weren't ready.
Do we place assumptions on race and class even when we think we're better than such notions? Yes.
I've been played, or did I play myself?
Thank you, Ms. Morrison, for the opportunity to continue learning.
5/5. Highly recommended!
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January 7, 2022
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January 7, 2022
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to-read
February 9, 2022
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Started Reading
February 9, 2022
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adult
February 9, 2022
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literature-black-american
February 9, 2022
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food-for-the-melaninated-soul
February 9, 2022
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ownvoices
February 9, 2022
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girls-women
February 9, 2022
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society
February 9, 2022
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realistic-fiction
February 9, 2022
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historical-fiction
February 9, 2022
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Finished Reading
December 20, 2024
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short-stories
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