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… the blankness, the “arrogance and confidence,” to be anything. “I grew up wanting to be white,” he says. “That is, to the extent of wanting to be colorless and to feel complete freedom of movement.”
…ne but white men. We’ve had it just good enough, that it is easier, less scary, to just play along. We’ve had it good enough, that, right now, we feel capable of anger without as much fear for how we might be punished later on.
…ve them in the room with them. Maybe they were just already inured to white people and their anger. Maybe I was the only person who felt safe enough inside that space to direct my anger out.