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born 1976 United States

Emily Raboteau (born 1976) is an American fiction writer, essayist, and professor of creative writing at the City College of New York.

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In my travels, I learned what people really thought of us. Americans were greedy, domineering, self-righteous, and dumb. Too easily, I agreed with these stereotypes.

That mess about judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin — that's some bullshit. Nobody has the right to judge anybody else. Period. If you ain't been in my skin, you ain't never gonna understand my character.

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