Word: abolitionã
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...feat of giving birth to two brown children, quite a deed, given this country’s paradoxical one-drop rule that holds a black woman can never give birth to a white child, as historian Noel Ignatiev points out. (But he also calls for the “abolition?? of the white race—of its privilege, of its label; not of its members. Still, maybe we should take his words with a grain of salt, yes?)Ultimately, my newfound discovery eluded me because, up until last time I checked over a Thanksgiving meal, she fervently...
...seconds to every cash transaction. Penny elimination would save us all time and help us avoid that one customer who insists on paying with exact change, earning stares as dirty as his currency. On the other side of this particular coin, however, is that sole, intangible, conclusive argument against abolition??the poor penny is a beloved American institution; people will fight to keep it that way, regardless of the mounting number of facts to persuade us otherwise. The greatest obstacle to fixing the penny problem is cultural awareness. My two cents: We have reached a point where common...
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