Black History : Read Toni Morrison’s prescient essay about white supremacist violence and Trump

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SHE KNEW

Read Toni Morrison’s prescient essay about white supremacist violence and Trump

Toni Morrison

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Anticipating America’s white supremacy crisis.

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Toni Morrison's Most Powerful Quotes On Racism

“The very serious function of racism … is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work.




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What Toni Morrison Knew About Trump
In her 1993 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, the late author cautioned against the distraction of the “political correctness” debate

...Her acceptance speech serves as a prescient reference to the fact that journalists and political leaders today are wrestling with the language necessary to describe the social and political chaos ignited by the Trump administration.
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"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence," Morrison said in her speech.STEPHEN LOVEKIN / GETTY / THE ATLANTIC


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