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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
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:
Volunteer Slavery (1993)
Finding Martha's Vineyard (2005)
Sexual Healing (2003)
God's Gospel (2015)
Let's Get It On: A Novel (2009)
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