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They had terrible lives and took it out on black people. There were just layers of suffering everywhere, with everybody.

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Poor white people were just often hanging on to that privilege because it was all they had.

Even after I conceived of the relationship between these two girls, I was still pretty resistant to actually writing about them.

First, those packaged sweets are manufactured, which means more Western, more ‘wealthy.’ Also, since you could keep them for months without spoilage, they promised celebration at any time, without it being a holiday or an outing. Third, a bit of sweetness is such a human need.

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