“Maybe it’s time to just scrap the word “racist.” Find something new. Like Racial Disorder Syndrome. And we could have different categories for sufferers of this syndrome: mild, medium, and acute.”

—  Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie, book Americanah

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