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My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said, Come as you are.

James McBride

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James McBride
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 4
Jazz Musician
Journalist
Novelist
Saxophonist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
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