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Archibald Henry Grimké: But perhaps it is because the whites choose to make believe that he is an alien, which comes nearer the real reason.

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But perhaps it is because the whites choose to make believe that he is an alien, which comes nearer the real reason.
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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké suggests that the perception of African Americans as aliens is a construct of white society rather than a reality.

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