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Living By The Word

Vena Moore
Vena Moore

Feb 12

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I Can’t Afford Not To Be Civil

Civility means different things depending on if you’re Black or White

Photo by Afif Kusuma on Unsplash

Just yesterday, I stumbled upon this piece where the writer disagrees with the civility that other writers display on this platform.

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