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PASSING (2) by TOI DERRICOTTE

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First Line: A PROFESSOR INVITES ME TO HIS BLACK LIT CLASS; THEY'RE
Last Line: my father quizzed me
Subject(s): ALIENATION (SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY); DISSENTERS; EXILES; MARGINALITY, SOCIAL; ESTRANGEMENT; OUTCASTS;
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