Jul 7, 2020

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What White Folk Want

Fit in to get in but don’t rock the boat.

KEEP AMERICA PURE
WITH
LIBERTY PAINTS.
(Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison, p. 196)

What do white folk want?

Rigid accountability for other people.

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P. L. Thomas, Professor of Education Furman University, taught high school English before moving to teacher education. https://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/

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What White Folk Want

Fit in to get in but don’t rock the boat.

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