I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insul… - Toni Morrison

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I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, for the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people.

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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor, who received a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

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Birth Name: Chloe Ardelia Wofford

Alternative Names: Chloe Anthony Wofford • Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison • Chloe Anthony Wofford-Morrison

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