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Nor would this fact make the indignation less justifiable did not we all know that it was blackness that was condemned and not crime.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Nor would this fact make the indignation less justifiable did not we all know that it was blackness that was condemned…”
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Du Bois argues that societal condemnation often targets Blackness rather than the crime itself, revealing racial bias.
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