“In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”
– Toni Morrison
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Riddle from the Middle 
Profoundly observant, she was.
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So very.
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Great quote, and response to prompt–I confess I’ve never understood the need for the hyphenations…they take longer to say and write. But maybe I’m just too old to “get it” 🙂
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I loved this quote. It packs a lot of truth in there.
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Ouch! Sad, but so true. We will miss her speaking the truth to us.
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Such a brilliant woman!
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Powerful quote.
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It really jumped out at me.
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I think the US leads the way but others are catching up.
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An unfortunate truth.
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Yes it is.
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🧐
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That’s perhaps the most unfortunate fact of life in this country.
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It really is, isn’t it.
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That will apply to many countries. Increasingly.
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The demographic change, yes. I wonder about the national identity part. Do other countries hyphenate like the U.S.?
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