The classroom was a jail of other people’s interests. The library was open, unending, free.
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My job is to look out on that world that I write about and be as honest as I possibly can about that world. If that's optimistic and uplifting, OK. If it's not, OK.
Tags: about, job, look, world
Black people are pledging their fealty to the state, and yet they aren't getting the same return. This is theft. It's systemized.
Tags: return, same, black, people
'White America' is a syndicate arrayed to protect its exclusive power to dominate and control our bodies.
Tags: control, america, white, power
White supremacy is a very, very popular and trenchant belief in this country's history and heritage.
Tags: heritage, country, white, history
In comics, you have to imagine what happens. I really loved it; I loved collecting. I loved following the adventures and figuring out what was going to happen next. I was a huge X-Men fan; I was a huge Spider-Man fan, and, to large degree, I remain one. It's literature for me; it's art.
Tags: loved, you, me, art
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