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Gary Trujillo's avatar

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”--James Baldwin

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bee choi's avatar

love this 🙏 thanks

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Ms. Kathy's avatar

It took me years to get over looks I used to get growing up in small town Ohio. The funny part is that my sister and I opted to keep the house we grew up in after my parents died. Despite the bad times, we love our home town.

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bee choi's avatar

i'm glad you kept your house 💗 it's still your home no matter what

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K-Culture with Jae-Ha Kim's avatar

Thanks for writing this.

That employee reminds me of a couple of racist reps at a department store cosmetic counter who wouldn't serve my mother and me.

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bee choi's avatar

truly upsetting how commonplace an experience. thank you for reading 🙏🏼🙏🏼

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bee choi's avatar

thanks for sharing. i'm going to send this to a friend. i just finished Loot and am so happy they made Joel Kim Booster's character adopted with white parents, like him in real life https://www.esquire.com/style/a60314477/joel-kim-booster-loot-interview/

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JMT Creative Arts's avatar

Thanks for introducing me to Joel Kim Booster. I enjoyed the article and Joel's video. He seems really chill, like he'd be fun to be around.

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bee choi's avatar

so joyful!! i especially love the woman with the feathered hair, pearls, and flower shirt. #goals !

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JMT Creative Arts's avatar

Here is another great face to add to our profile album.

Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in literature for ‘intense poetic prose’ confronting human fragility. Han is the first South Korean author to win the literature prize, and just the 18th woman out of the 117 prizes awarded since 1901.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/10/style/han-kang-nobel-prize-literature-intl

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