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“I know animals more gallant than the African warthog, but none more courageous. He is the peasant of the plains - the drab and dowdy digger in the earth. He is the uncomely but intrepid defender of family, home, and bourgeois convention, and he will fight anything of any size that intrudes upon his smug existence. ... His eyes are small and lightless and capable of but one expression - suspicion. What he does not understand, he suspects, and what he suspects, he fights.”

“I know, at the beginning of the day, that when I walk into these new classrooms all I'll remember is the way the teacher's said, "kalysis?... kahsis?... kaysis?" As if they're asking a question? Making me feel like my name is a question? Making me feel like my existence is questionable? If you have a question about how to pronounce my name, the question should sound something like this - "How do I pronounce this?”

“I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on the bus. They pack our groceries and cash our paychecks for us and teach our children. They look no different from you or me. And that's why they get away with it.”