Jason Reynolds — Imagination and Fortitude
On Being with Krista Tippett
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"There's a lot of stuff this book that we didn't learn, but there'. I mean, the three fifths compromise, you know, that for five slaves equalled three humans. And and that this was a power play in which both the north and the south participated. So how are we going to ever have a bigger conversation when i can't even say, white and black, y? We can't." "I wanted to figure out how to eliminate excuse to back petal out of the pages," she says. 'i needed to make sure that no one closed the book'
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