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Jan 12

4 min read

Why Americans Can’t Just Abandon Red States

It’s tempting to say ‘fuck the red states’, but the red states are full of colored people. Colored people existing is, in fact, the problem, and it’s not limited to red states.

As Bree Newsome Bass says, and says again:

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