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"Healing is not the absence of pain, It is the decision to act in the service of your development rather than your defeat."
- This quote resonates with me because I find it relatable, being through the healing experience, I've witnessed growth in my character, and just because your healing doesn't mean your'e no longer in pain; rather it is the steps you take to better yourself.

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" How can we say that our students have "access" in a society that saturates media, politics, institutional practices, curriculum, pedagogy, and policies with white middle class values as the sole purpose of substance?

I agree with this quote because as a youth growing up, all I hear is how the white man controls society in school. It's like I only hear things from one perspective. In history, the teachers would tell you that black people were slaves to their masters but would never talk about how they were Kings and Queens across the world. The media and curriculum is set up to make black people look bad. However, white people be doing the same thing and their punishment is way less severe compared to other races.

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We tend to focus on the inevitable pain of any worthy process as something that will defeat us rather than develop us."
This quote resonate me because i always put myself as victim and feel the need to give up instead finding ways to develop myself and move forward

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" My words are direct and inevitably create discomfort in the room"
This quote resonates with me because it shows how someone feels that they can see because of their color or the way they look when they talk it brings discomfort to the room for people who see him talking.

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1. Introduction for the Black Appetite White food that we choose is "Racism in schools is pushing more black families to homeschool their children"
2. Chapter 1
" I am stronger than you, I'm the king of the world!"
3. Chapter 2
" My words are direct and inevitably create discomfort in the room"

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Chapter 2 "while the intent was not malicious, the impact of the injury still hurts and so needs to be addressed by the person who inflicted it" (pg. 28)

This quote stood out to me because people can be careless and hurt peoples feelings without knowing it and we as people need to be aware of that. This quote refers to everything in life. This includes body language, tone of voice, facial expressions as well as many other ways of making people hurt or upset .

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My quote,:" There have only been two black winners in the last 20 years for album of the year. There have been over 200 black artists who have performed." means to me the difficulty of appreciation black lives  receive through generations and generations. Like special needs people, they are in same boat of being judged racially and discriminated. For generations we have been fighting for justice and America still docent seem to see the goal in what we want.

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Chapter 1
"Being confronted with the realities of my deepest desires, interrogating those desires, and then powerfully stepping into the complexity of my journey knowing that I am forever unfinished" (pg.12)

This resonates with me because I feel that everyone including myself is constantly trying to find and better themselves. However not everyone allows themselves to look at their deepest desires and actively address them in order to make needed changes to reach their dreams. This is because most of us are afraid of trying and failing and or not being enough. Overcoming the fear of failure takes devotion but not being afraid of failure does not guarantee that it wont happen. It takes a lot of strength to be able to confront the fact that you WILL fail in some aspects of life. Realizing what you want out life is a journey that will never end. I just recently came to this realization myself. I now analyze what I want out of life and actively make the changes to reach my goals knowing that this is going to fail at some points but it is all apart of the journey of finding myself.

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In chapter one, on page 13 it says "If you were to stand before the mirror of Erised, what would you see?" Lyiscott 13).

This quote resonates with me in a very deep way, throughout my middle/high school years I was very self conscious about my physical appearance. I took on body dysmorphia at age 16, where I would be constantly focused on "flaws" in my physical appearance. I would constantly look in my mirror and wish someone else reflected back. If I looked in the mirror of Erised in High School I would see a skinny, blond haired girl but after over coming body dysmorphia (to an extent) I would see someone very different standing in that mirror today. I would see a well respected teacher who is proud of who she is and where she came from. This quote reminded me of all I have overcome and what I can accomplish.

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INTRO:
"I refuse to be the face of color on the brochure of this school while I experience unaddressed racism here every single day"

THIS!! This quote hits hard, this quote resonates with me because it shows how institutions/corporations/businesses in general tend to include 1 or a few persons of color just to seem diverse, while at the same time hiding and suppressing racism or are PARTICIPATING in racism-esque activities. This just brings something I've been knowing for a long time to light.

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chapter 1
"healing is not the absence of pain, it is the decision to act in the service of your development rather than your defeat."

This quote resonates with me because I've been in pain before, so I had two options to react to my problem. Either be sad and don't change anything or change my mindset and learn from my situation. So I've chosen to change my perspective and learn from my problem to become a better person

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Chapter 1
"How in the world are you going to address the sociopolitical systemic magnitude of racial injustice without deep self-awareness of how to navigate your own personal struggles? Social justice requires personal wellness. Public impact requires private introspection" This quote resonated with me because I feel that before you can make any public changes you must first understand yourself and ensure that you are at peace with yourself so you can take action and eventually, possibly create change in the world for the better.

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Chapter 2
"what a privilege it must be to not know that white privilege is a problem after hundreds of years of people of color protesting racism with their bodies,voices,pens,ballots, across digital landscape"

This quote resonate to me being that my grandmother went through racism and protested first hand with her voice and body. Not only that but many people of color still to this day including me speaks out on racism all over our digital plat forms and with our bodies. Most white people think that their is not no white privilege but in reality it is. if a black man and a white man were both walking to the store with dark hoodies on 9/10 the black man would face a issue.

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From Chapter 2 the quote, " Here, within the intersecting margins of my world, I had to dig deep to define myself outside of the social mirror." has stuck with me since I first discovered it. It has made me think about how people are defined by the who they surround themselves with. So much so that even we begin to believe that is who we are. Reading this quote has allowed me to take a step back and see how I am effected by society and if I am the person I think I am as a result of it.

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From the intro I used the quote "Why should I participate in their false representation of racial equality here?"
This quote resonates with me because in elementary school, when I lived in Long Island, the principal and staff made it seem that all races and cultural differences were welcome no matter where you came from. When I attended school I observed they would make the black children feel excluded from certain games and activities, which made me move and transfer to a school in the city. I didn't want to be apart of something that falsely represented racial equality.

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From chapter 2, "one time I brought a friend of color to my mom's house, and my mom made such a racist comment. She had no idea, she is loving, good women, but I know my friend  and I knew immediately that he was uncomfortable."
This quote resonates with me because it's relatable. Having friends of different races and backgrounds makes me more openminded. I think the older generations are oblivious to what they say and some don't mean any harm in what they are saying.

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In chapter 2- "My words are direct and inevitably create discomfort in the room."

I found this quote resonating with me because I think, this is the quote that best describes my personality in one sentence. I am usually told by my friends and family that I am very direct in front of people, I don't think of the consequences and I should keep my opinions to myself sometimes when it's not the appropriate time. But, on the other hand, I believe that I should continue to make my point and be direct with the other people, especially when I know that I am on the right side. Sometimes, people can take it in a negative way and consider me an arrogant and a rude individual but I'm fine with getting called by those adjectives rather than being called a person who is fine with everything, even when things aren't going the right way and just keeps going on with the flow.

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Chapter 1.
"Healing is not the absence of pain, it is the decision to act in the service of your development rather than your defeat"

This quote stuck out too me because its a push the who going through pain to be resilient. Just because your hurt mentally or physically doesn't mean the rest of your life has to suffer. Use your pain in a positive way to help uplifting themselves.

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The quote that best resonates with me was from chapter one when it was said "I would watch it. It would watch me. A prison of desire. I would have been powerless to walk away and mold the life I wanted, too stuck to pull away from the mirror and into my. journey". Reading over the quote really connected to me and made me start to think deeper into myself, making me question my self and my view on life. Because we all look in the mirror, we all have things we want to change about ourselves, we all have imaginations and visualize ourselves in different situations or wish different in some way. We have desires. We all get caught dreaming about what our life could or could've been. It can be bad when you get so caught up that you can't really see whats in front of you, you lack motivation and ambition. This causes you to be stuck and remain in that "powerless" state. A state where you can't snap out of it and look past those desires and dreams, and see the steps and actions that you will have to take in order for those dreams and desires to come to life.

With me, I used stuck in that state for and it can be depressing. You know what you want, you know what you desire, you're reaching for it, you can see it right ahead of you; but you don't see the invisible walls in front of you, the ones you would have to climb over, climb under, push down, or even lift in order to reach the dream. This quote reminded me about a realization I once had, that its ok to look in the mirror and visualize amazing things for yourself, but also ask yourself "what steps are being taken so that that dream or vision is coming true?".
Think realistic and accept yourself for who are first.

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Part I: Naming the Problem

(Chapter 2: Black Appetite. White Food.)

p. 22, “In such a diverse society where we seek to regard the complexity and humanity of all racial groups, why does everything always have to be so black-and-white?!”

This excerpt resonates with my field of study, English literature, and my advocacy for social justice among marginalized groups. The words “complexity” and “humanity” evoke a sense of understanding that racial groups, alongside other identities, are not rigid, or fixed, so that under-represented people— their culture, communities, experiences, hopes & dreams— their lives are trivialized and reduced to a single facet that exists to oppose the “dominant” group. The world doesn't have to be black-and-white:

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In chapter 1- " Many of us leave homes where the most toxic, unbalanced relationships fester as they intersect with our personal mental health issues, childhood trauma, triggers, and systematic oppression and then enter into our classrooms confused about why we cannot find balance in any aspect of or work"
This quote resonates with me because many people deal with personal things that others don't see happening or don't understand how they can effect that person. People are so quick to judge others without knowing their full story. People deal with personal problems that can't be controlled on a daily basis and everyone surrounding them doesn't put into consideration how much that person could be struggling. Everyone needs to learn more about others and not judge someone for things they can't control and learn to understand that not everyone is the same and has their own personal things they are trying to deal with.

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In chapter 2 - "Healing is not the absence of pain, it is the decision to act in the service of your development rather than your defeat."
This quote resonates with me because it is something that you can't exactly pin point what the real issue is. Perhaps, because it is a feeling that varies between one individual to another. Healing in my opinion makes an individual stronger and more knowledgeable about ones self. Everyone has their own way of healing and dealing with situations but coming out stronger is the most important aspect.

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In chapter 2 of "Black appetite, white food" the qutoe that resonates with me is ''Although the racial differences between teachers and students affect the social space of classrooms, the everyday dynamics associated with these differences are rarely, if ever addressed." this qutoe rensotes with me because growing in the bronx there mostly white teachers all through the building that comes from completely different back grounds from the children that attending the school. All through out elementary school, middle school , high school and even in college the majority of professionals are white people, it maybe a few people of color as professionals. I think this a conversation that needs to be talked about because young children being taught by moslty mostly white teachers put in their head that white people are more superior and smart because thats all thats around them mostly.

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Chapter 2 Black Appetite White Food, " My words are direct and inevitably create discomfort in the room" this quote resonate me because some word that you said to people can killed or hurt them. one time my friend said something that can hurt me so bad that I do not want to live in the whole anymore. when you try to said or talk to some one think deeply before you said something that can effect them. I know our tongue doesn't have bone but we should be very careful what we said.

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The third quote from Chapter 2:
"...If centuries of cries against white privilege have truly fallen on deaf white ears, then we are in far more trouble than I ever imagined" was of value to me because even after years and years of protesting and fighting for Blacks to be simply treated like humans and have their rights, it seems that we have not gone anywhere as a society. When people are purposely blind to the cries of the people who have had enough of being treated like they're worthless to this nation for centuries while other certain people get a free pass, that is how one knows that this country is still where it was years before.

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In Ch 2 of Black Appetite White Food, "Like, I have friends of color so I'm aware of the things that are problematic to say or  do, but one time I brought  a friend of color to my mom's house, my mom made such a racist comment." This has stuck out to me because I can relate to it. Being friends with other race has made me open minded for may things. Sometimes our parent would make racist comment just because they are stuck in their own comfort zone and they have not explore the real world much. Sometime we as young adult have to teach our parents about things they are not aware of because they are very close minded.

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"The time for inscribing new futures is now. The authority to author new, more equitable social realities belongs to each of us."
This quote resonates with me because its an uplifting quote. Its motivational in the sense of creating a better world for the future. Changing the social norms to be fair and equal in all decisions. Its telling us that we all have an opportunity to grow, and change the way we think and act to make a better future.

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In chapter 2 of Black Appetite White Food, Lyiscott states, "As European immagrants were humanized and ushered into the privileges of whiteness,Blackness 'became a more stable racial category in opposition to whiteness through racial criminalization.'" This quote resonates with me because I agree with the fact that European immigrants are being treated better than people of color that has been living in America but are being more criminalized.

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Chapter 2 " in such a diverse society where we seek to regard complexity and humanity of all racial groups.....black-and-white"  this quote resonates with me because I  do think that society is so under the influence of what racial group there in they only think about what would be best for there racial group and not there society in general they're really just hurting one another

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In chapter 2, Lyiscott says  "But how can white people not know that they have white privilege?" This quote resonates with me because many people have different perceptions of white privilege and when it is even considered privilege. Also I don't see the difference in how we are treated as a privilege because that would mean that the minority group is treated with normality, but being treated as a human while others aren't can be considered a privilege. This quote can be viewed in different ways thats why this quote resonates with me.

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In chapter 1 Josh chooses the quote "This mirror offers neither knowledge or truth...Men have wasted away with it". This quote resonates with me because we can stand in front of the mirror or we can stand in front of someone and we think we see something specific to us such as how we look or what that person thinks of us but in reality it can be the opposite. Just because we can see things or think we know something doesn't mean that it's the truth.

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In the introduction it says, "'I refuse to be the face of color on the brochure of this school while I experience unaddressed racism here very single day!"' This quote resonates with me because I do think instances like this happen a lot. A school or program may make a brochure or put a picture on their website showing "diversity" but in real life that student may feel displaced or discriminated. It's also known that sometimes a school or workplace only accepts the person to check a diversity box. None of this should even be occurring today, everyone deserves the same respect regardless of your skin color or any other factor.

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In chapter 2 Ashley chose "MOST publications lighten darker people, because lighter skin and hair reflect more light and are more eye catching, magazines are after all a business".
This quote resonates with me because i love movies especially Star Wars and in this series there are no major characters who are darker in skin tone until the sequel which was created recently, diversity could be a huge benefit to media culture and the lack of it I find disturbing.

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Introduction: Fifteen years into the future will your students recall a space where the rampant racial injustices of our society went unacknowledged in your classroom?
Chapter 1:Social justice requires personal wellness. Public impact requires private introspection.
Chapter 2:While the intent was not malicious, the impact of the injury still hurts and so needs to be addressed by the person who inflicted it.

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Intro:
1.) "Although the racial differences between teachers and stu- dents affect the social space of classrooms, the everyday dynamics associated with these differences are rarely, if ever addressed."

This resonates: This quote explains how it is not in schools a lot or it is not explained. For Trinity, she says how she grew up in the bronx where she felt that there was more white teachers in the building other than hispanic or Spanish. It was not balanced.

2.) "On top of all this, a true fight for racial justice requires those who benefit and find comfort in white privilege to give something up."

It resonates to show, that getting into white privilege has to be looked into and accomplished but you need someone to be the leader and look into how to make it work with others. To make it equal opportunities.

3.) "The metaphor of appetite and food goes beyond white- dominant culture’s parasitic consumption of other racial groups."

This resonates with us to show that instead of just focusing on racism, it is getting caught up in all aspects, when the true question is why is white is more dominant? while we should make sure it is more equal.

Megan~ this quote resonates with me because I think about how much everything is slayed out in the world. Like it says in the quote about white being more dominate., it goes beyond that and lets us realize that this is not the only issue we have to fix. It does take one step at a time and I believe it has gotten a lot better over time but can still be worked on for it to be fair equality.
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Introduction: "The time for inscribing new futures is now".

This quote may be short but it shows what many people can relate to and to show that right now we are writing history and we can make changes to make it better

Chapter 1: "This mirror offers neither knowledge or truth...Men have wasted away with it"

This quote is very interesting, because the mirror can represent social media/cell phones/TV showing us signs of grandeur and filling our brains with neither false or true realities but we sit there for hours starting into a piece of glass wasting away.

Chapter 2: "MOST publications lighten darker people, because lighter skin and hair reflect more light and are more eye catching, magazines are after all a business".

This quote is very convincing, because basically, the author point out that the lighter skin are more eyes catching rather than darker skin. Darker skin are less eyes catching referred that they are less important than the eyes catching higher skin colors.

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Intro-
" I refuse to be the face of color on the brochure of this school while I experience unaddressed racism here every single day."

Chapter 1-
" We tend to focus on the inevitable pain of any worthy process as something that will defeat us rather than develop us."

Chapter 2-
" We have cultivated a space that is sacred but the knowledge that this work can not happen unless we are willing to abide in the attentions we are afraid of."

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Introduction: "The time for inscribing new futures is now. The authority to author new, more equitable social realities belongs to each of us."
Chapter 1: The question is a paradigm shift for many of us who are used to approaching social justice work in ways that are strangely divorced from personal wellness work. Stephen Covey (2004) ² refers to paradigms as maps of how we view the world.

Chapter 2: "My words are direct and inevitably create discomfort in the room"

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1.( introduction) " I refuse to be the face of color on the brochure of this school while  I experience unaddressed racism here every single day ! "
2. (chapter 1 ) " vision - driven justice is a paradigm shift that requires you to enter into a deep , honest assessment of who you are
3.(chapter 2  ) " in such a diverse society where we seek to regard  the complexity and humanity of all racial groups, why does everything always have to be so black and white .

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Group 9                                  Jule Y., Lovell,  Darius F.

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Group 9                                  Jule Y., Lovell,  Darius F.

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Darius F.
Intro-"I refuse to be the face of color on the brochure of this school while I experience unaddressed racism here every single day" Why this piece of textual evidence resonates with me is because it discusses the unwillingness of the student attending the school and how the student will not let the school’s blatant and daily racism go unpunished.

Jule Y.
Chapter 1- "you're Black-and-woman-and-you-have-two-strikes-against-you."
This quote is short but it has a very powerful and important meaning behind it. This quote catch my attention because it made me realized what being a skin color woman has to go through.

Lovell
Chapter 2- "Express interest in the ethnic background of your students."

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intro:Healing is not the absence of pain, It is the decision to act in the service of your development rather than your defeat."
Chapter 1: "Many of us leave homes where the most toxic, unbalanced relationships fester as they intersect with our personal mental health issues, childhood trauma, triggers, and systematic oppression and then enter into our classrooms confused about why we cannot find balance in any aspect of our work."
Chapter 2:" There have only been two black winners in the last 20 years for album of the year. There have been over 200 black artists who have performed."

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Cydnee J.
Intro- "The few people of color committed to combating racial injustice in the institution were simply burned out."
Hannah S.
Chapter 1- "Powerfully stepping into the complexity of my journey knowing that I am forever unfinished"
Trevon M.
Chapter 2: "But how can white people not know that they have white privilege? "

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PREFACE: "Our appetite deepens for the rich cultural diversity that should be at the center of every students’ educational experience across the nation."

CHAPTER 1: "My personal definition of oppression is being trapped in someone else’s narrative with no power of authorship."

CHAPTER 2: "If centuries of cries against white privilege have truly fallen on deaf white ears, then we are in far more trouble than I ever imagined.”

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Group 11 Nininahazwe A., Tanita R., Joe R.

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Group 11 Nininahazwe A., Tanita R., Joe R.

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Introduction:
"I refuse to be the face of color on the brochure of this school while I experience unaddressed racism here every single day!"

Chapter 1.
"Healing is not the absence of pain, it is the decision to act in the service of your development rather than your defeat"

Chapter 2: "What a privilege it must be to not know that  white privilege is a problem after hundreds and hundreds of year...If centuries of cries against white privilege have truly fallen on deaf white ears, then we are in far more trouble than I ever imagined."

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Introduction: "'I refuse to be the face of color on the brochure of this school while I experience unaddressed racism here very single day!"'

Chapter 1: "Here, within the intersecting margins of my world, I had to dig deep to define myself outside of the social mirror."

Chapter 2: "In such a diverse society where we seek to regard the complexity and humanity of all racial groups, why does everything always have to be so black-and- white?!"

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Ah Wei, Sekou,  Alecia
ch 2 "Like, I have friends of color so i'm aware of the things that are problematic to say or  do, but one time I brought  a friend of color to my mom's house, my mom made such a racist comment."

Chapter 1~"I would watch it. It would watch me. A prison of desire. I would have been powerless to walk away and mold the life I wanted, too stuck to pull away from the mirror and into my. journey"

intro- "Why should I participate in their false representation of racial equality here?"