“Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it.”

— George Orwell

"As I Please," Tribune (11 August 1944)<sup> http://alexpeak.com/twr/orwell/quotes/</sup> <br class="br">As I Please (1943–1947)

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English author and journalist 1903–1950

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