Genius in a Bottle
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Genius in a Bottle

Susannah MacKinnie
Susannah MacKinnie

Sep 10, 2020

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Life in Tennessee

Racism in Three Parts

What my coworkers taught me about white privilege

Three versions of a woman’s face, one with her ears covered, one with her eyes covered, one with a shushing finger upraised
Image by Stefan Keller from Pixabay

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

Bishop Desmond Tutu

The Joke

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