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What I remind myself, regularly, is this: the acknowledgment of my privilege is not a denial of the ways I have been and am marginalized, the ways I have suffered.

Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay (born October 15, 1974) is an American writer, professor, editor, and commentator.

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Alternative Names: Roxanne Gay

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