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You Americans, Always Peering Under People's Beds To Look For Communism.
-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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You Americans, Always Peering Under People's Beds
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
You Americans, Always Peering Under People's Beds To Look For Communism.
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