“I want to see a white man convicted for raping a black woman.”

— Toni Morrison

«Toni Morrison: 'I want to see a white man convicted for raping a black woman'» by Oliver Laughland, The Guardian (20 April 2015) http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/20/toni-morrison-race-relations-america-criminal-justice-system

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American writer 1931–2019

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