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Knowing that me is inextricably linked to blackness, [I try to enjoy] the process of expanding beyond the expected boundaries set by existing culture, norms and media.

Baratunde Thurston

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Baratunde Thurston
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: September 11
Autobiographer
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
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