There might be some higher power, children, but it’s not th… - Percival Everett

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There might be some higher power, children, but it’s not their white God. However, the more you talk about God and Jesus and heaven and hell, the better they feel.” The children said together, “And the better they feel, the safer we are.

Percival Everett

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Percival Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and professor.

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The children said together, “And the better they feel, the safer we are.” “February, translate that.” “Da mo’ betta dey feels, da mo’ safer we be.” “Nice.

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had already come to understand the tidiness of lies, the lesson learned from the stories told by white people seeking to justify my circumstance.

White people often spent time admiring their survival of one thing or another. I imagined it was because so often they had no need to survive, but only to live.

And though I missed my lover, I was not sad. I was satisfied. I was different.

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