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Is there a subject that is sure to make the average American more uncomfortable than race?

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No one ever says, “I want bigger boobs because that is what I’ve been told to want.” Or, “I want big boobs because that’s what the patriarchy wants.”

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“One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write nonfiction everyone tries to prove that it’s wrong, and when you publish fiction, everyone tries to see the truth in it.”

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“I do not have definitive evidence, but I am confident in saying that if I were black, in a poor community, I would be more afraid of the cops than probably anyone else.”

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“The truth sounds crazy only because people spend much of their days lying to each other. And to themselves.”

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But home, to me, is everywhere and nowhere.

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But on a more personal level, I hope we can see ourselves in those who are homeless and vice versa rather than assume that they are somehow different or less than us.

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1. Accept the reality that you have privilege.