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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlistering female rant on racial inequality closed out John Oliver's Last Week Tonight
This is epic and on point. Highly recommended.
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Blistering female rant on racial inequality closed out John Oliver's Last Week Tonight (Original Post)
SoonerPride
Jun 2020
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whttevrr
(2,347 posts)1. Buy her Book!
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781492678892
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight (Hardcover)
By Gilly Segal, Kimberly Jones
Sourcebooks Fire, 9781492678892, 272pp.
Publication Date: August 6, 2019
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight (Hardcover)
By Gilly Segal, Kimberly Jones
Sourcebooks Fire, 9781492678892, 272pp.
Publication Date: August 6, 2019
List Price: 17.99*
* Individual store prices may vary.
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"An absolute page turner, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight is a compelling and powerful novel that is sure to make an impact. " --Angie Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give
An NAACP Image Award Nominee, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight follows two teen girls--one black, one white--who have to confront their own assumptions about racial inequality as they rely on each other to get through the violent race riot that has set their city on fire with civil unrest.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)2. Oooo thanks for the heads up!!
brush
(61,033 posts)3. Many good points but ya don't win advocating looting. And I'm black.
That's making the whole protest look bad and gives trump and the repugs to much ammo for ads and tweets.