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Throwback Thursday: 'White People,' Explained

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This article first appeared on NegusWhoRead.com on March 10, 2016.

I consider myself an artist.

When an artist creates a piece of art, they are not required to explain it to the people who find it objectionable or who simply don’t understand it. Jackson Pollock never dissected his paintings to those of us who felt they looked like he had eaten extra spicy…

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