I just haven't experienced a lot of the ridiculousness, you… - Blair Imani

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I just haven't experienced a lot of the ridiculousness, you know? I haven't been around that long…I’m constantly shocked. Whenever I'm doing work, a large part of that work is going to be reacting, and I don't think that's a bad thing necessarily — me being surprised but still wanting to change things.

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Blair Imani (born Blair Elizabeth Brown, October 31, 1993) is an African-American Muslim author and activist.

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