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Not that there's anything inherently horrible about making a mistake, but when you're a Negro in America it's usually not just you who's making the mistake. It's y'all, the race, black folks in toto.

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I was looking for the authentic Negro experience, which of course my own wasn't, since being bourgeois somehow negated being black.

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Jill Nelson

Jill Nelson

Born: June 14, 1952 (age 72)
Bio: Jill Nelson is a prominent African-American journalist and novelist. She has written several books, including the autobiographical Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience, which won an American Book Award.
Known for:
  1. Volunteer Slavery (1993)
  2. Finding Martha's Vineyard (2005)
  3. Sexual Healing (2003)
  4. God's Gospel (2015)
  5. Let's Get It On: A Novel (2009)

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