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“If you’re a White man, you can be a C student at Yale and eventually get elected as president of the United States. You won’t even be required to like Black people.”
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Oct 27, 2020
In his essay “America’s Love for Mediocre White Men and Hate for Black Bodies,” Bonsu Thompson reflects on the first season of Lovecraft Country. The HBO hit series reminds viewers of how White men have profited off the backs of Black people for centuries, in gruesome and terrifying ways.
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