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Albert Memmi

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Racism rests upon and functions as a kind of seesaw: the persecutor rises by debasing and inferiorizing his victim.

 
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What kind of mind would sacrifice millions for the sake of a few thousands, especially when it's been demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that victim disarmament can't save even those thousands?
What kind of mind wants a return to mean streets and ever-soaring crime rates?
What kind of mind collaborates with agents of mass murder and genocide?
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