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[Unedited] Tracy K. Smith and Michael Kleber-Diggs with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Is There a Monolithic Black Experience?

Emma Poundstone says she was raised in a time when black children were expected to dress, speak and act like am. She writes that the assimilationist values of her upbringing have now run their course. The genius resilience is what makes this essay so special, Poundstone says.

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