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The plays raise issues that are ignored in other forums.


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One of the joys of reading is the ability to plug into the shared wisdom of mankind.



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I think I have a pugnacious style. My style is not pretty. I don't use words like "amber" or "opaque."



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I consider racism to be a medical problem. Racists need serious medical and psychiatric help, because they are killing themselves and making others suffer along with them.



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I'm sure that you could go back and make a graph showing that all the killings of black males increased in times of economic difficulty. As a matter of fact, a black man was lynched last year.





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