When the privilege to read and to think comes great responsibility. When you have that privilege precisely because so many others like you — black wo… - Tressie McMillan Cottom

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When the privilege to read and to think comes great responsibility. When you have that privilege precisely because so many others like you — black women — are systematically filtered out of every level of social status, then the responsibility is especially great.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American writer, sociologist, and professor.

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