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Nella Larsen: If a man...

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If a man calls me a nigger it's his fault the first time, but mine if he has the opportunity to do it again.

Source: Passing, 1929.
-- Nella Larsen, ( 1891-1964), US novelist; Her novels portray female characters of great psychological complexity; first African American woman to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship.


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