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ismaeel robert's avatar

Hello

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Robin's avatar

Excellent commentary. Took me on a journey and left me wanting to learn and read more. In all thy getting get an understanding.

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Vanessa Riley's avatar

Love it…” get an understanding!”

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Paula's avatar

BRILLIANT! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.

I love this:

"Let us accept that no is a complete sentence, without the need for adjectives or explanations."

Keep evolving, Vanessa. 💙

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DL White-Romantic Fiction's avatar

What a great post! It reminds me of Thomas Mullen's novel Dark Town, a fictional telling of the first Black APD officers investigating the sexual assault of a Black woman. They couldn't get traction bc Black women were not seen as people with virtue that could be sullied.

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Vanessa Riley's avatar

Very dark and yet so true.

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Ameena's avatar

Also looking forward to the second book in the series!

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Ameena's avatar

Loved this article very informative about history that I knew or didn't know thank you 👍🏼 ❤

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Vanessa Riley's avatar

Thank you, Ameena. I am loving it over here.

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Ameena's avatar

You're welcome

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