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  • She always wanted to have some Native American blood in her, just as everyone else does, because with that blood, she thought, stupidly, would come nobility, as would excuses to do things the wrong way, or not do them at all, or do anything she wanted. But instead she is Irish or possibly even Welsh but not in any tangible sense, and thus born without any sorrow in the lives of her recent ancestors, and so she had to smile gratefully and create good things from scratch or perhaps just save people from skin disease.

    Speaker: Dave Eggers
    Source: How We Are Hungry
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    Posted: 26 Nov 2009 at 8:48 PM
    Posted By: Puck
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    Tags: race, society