"That mess about judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin — that's some bullshit. Nobody has the right to judge anybody else. Period. If you ain't been in my skin, you ain't never gonna understand my character."
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The Professor's Daughter (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2004), ch. 1 (p. 17) — Bernie-ism 15:2
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