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White people wanted to be white just as much as we did. They worked just as hard at it. They failed more often. But they could pass, so no one objected.

Margo Jefferson

White people wanted to be white just as much as we did. They worked just as hard at it. They failed more often. But they could pass, so no one objected.

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About Margo Jefferson

Margo Lillian Jefferson (born October 17, 1947) is an American writer and academic.