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Sometimes, it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with… — Marian Anderson

Sometimes, it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

Marian Anderson
1960
★ 5.2

On racism.

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RacismPrejudice and bias
Time
1960
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Marian Anderson
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Anderson, Marian. Quoted in Ladies' Home Journal. Sept. 1960.

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