"Our search for understanding in matters of race automatically inclines us toward blackness."
— Nell Irvin Painter

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

Sources

"What is Whiteness?" New York Times June 20, 2015

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nell_Irvin_Painter

"What is Whiteness?" New York Times June 20, 2015