Ain’t No Makin’ It
Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
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Jay MacLeod
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This classic text addresses one of the most important issues in modern social theory and policy: how social inequality is reproduced from one generation to the next. With the original 1987 publication of Ain’t No Makin’ It Jay MacLeod brought us to the Clarendon Heights housing project where we met the "Brothers" and the "Hallway Hangers". Their story of poverty, race, and defeatism moved listeners and challenged ethnic stereotypes. MacLeod’s return eight years later, and the resulting 1995 revision, revealed little improvement in the lives of these men as they struggled in the labor market and crime-ridden underground economy.
The third edition of this classic ethnography of social reproduction brings the story of inequality and social mobility into today’s dialogue. Now fully updated with 13 new interviews from the original Hallway Hangers and Brothers, as well as new theoretical analysis and comparison to the original conclusions, Ain’t No Makin’ It remains an admired and invaluable text.
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Reniqua Allen tells the stories of Black millennials searching for a better future in spite of racist policies that have closed off traditional versions of success. Many watched their parents and grandparents play by the rules, only to sink deeper and deeper into debt. They witnessed their elders fight to escape cycles of oppression for more promising prospects, largely to no avail. Today, in this post-Obama era, they face a critical turning point. Interweaving her own experience, Allen shares surprising stories of hope and ingenuity.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great statistics and facts
- De Eve en 05-18-19
De: Reniqua Allen
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High Price
- A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
- De: Carl Hart
- Narrado por: J.D. Jackson
- Duración: 11 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 743
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 664
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 664
A pioneering neuroscientist shares his story of growing up in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods and how it led him to his groundbreaking work in drug addiction. As a youth, Carl Hart didn't realize the value of school; he studied just enough to stay on the basketball team. At the same time, he was immersed in street life. Today he is a cutting-edge neuroscientist - Columbia University's first tenured African American professor in the sciences.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding!
- De DaWoolf en 04-01-14
De: Carl Hart
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The Working Poor
- Invisible in America
- De: David K. Shipler
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 15 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 181
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 149
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 150
Nobody who works hard should be poor in America, writes Pulitzer Prize-winner David Shipler. Clear-headed, rigorous, and compassionate, he journeys deeply into the lives of individual store clerks and factory workers, farm laborers and sweat-shop seamstresses, illegal immigrants in menial jobs and Americans saddled with immense student loans and paltry wages. They are known as the working poor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Textbook Perfect Discussion of the Problem
- De Cynthia en 07-28-12
De: David K. Shipler
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The End of Men
- And the Rise of Women
- De: Hanna Rosin
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 162
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 136
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 133
Men have been the dominant sex since - well, the dawn of mankind. And yet, as journalist Hanna Rosin discovered, that long-held truth is no longer true. At this unprecedented moment, women are no longer merely gaining on men; they have pulled decisively ahead by almost every measure. Already "the end of men" - the phrase Rosin coined - has entered the lexicon as indelibly as Simone de Beauvoir’s "second sex", Betty Friedan’s "feminine mystique", Susan Faludi’s "backlash", and Naomi Wolf’s "beauty myth" have.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book, don't care for the reader's style
- De Darren en 12-05-12
De: Hanna Rosin
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The Black Male Handbook
- A Blueprint for Life
- De: Kevin Powell
- Narrado por: Ezra Knight, Kevin R. Free, Glymph Glymph
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 268
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 225
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An NAACP Image Award nominee, The Black Male Handbook is an impassioned call to end the problems facing today's Black men. Author and activist Kevin Powell offers insights on steering away from violence and toward a more responsible manhood. A new climate is rising in the Black community. Despite a shared thirst for cutting-edge opportunities and fresh directions, today's hiphop generation is still plagued by many long-standing problems.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome and very useful book.
- De Derek en 06-10-18
De: Kevin Powell
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To the End of June
- The Intimate Life of American Foster Care
- De: Cris Beam
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 72
Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these questions and tracing firsthand stories. The result is To the End of June, an unforgettable portrait that takes us deep inside the lives of foster children in their search for a stable, loving family. Beam shows us the intricacies of growing up in the system - the back-and-forth with agencies, the rootless shuffling between homes, the emotionally charged tug between foster and birth parents.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good dissertation
- De Nim en 03-13-19
De: Cris Beam
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The Pact
- Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
- De: Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt
- Narrado por: Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt
- Duración: 5 h y 46 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 212
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All too often, we hear about the dangers of male friendships in which peer pressure prevails over common sense. But for George Jenkins, Sampson Davis, and Rameck Hunt, strong and supportive male friendship was a powerful antidote to the temptations and pitfalls of street life. It led three boys to make a vow to be there for one another, to encourage one another every step of the way, until they overcame the odds and became doctors.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very Inspirational
- De Heather en 04-10-09
De: Drs. Sampson Davis, y otros
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How We Can Win
- Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
- De: Kimberly Jones
- Narrado por: Kimberly Jones
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 113
In How We Can Win, Jones delves into the impacts of systemic racism and reveals how her formative years in Chicago gave birth to a lifelong devotion to justice. Here, in a vital expansion of her declaration, she calls for Reconstruction 2.0, a multilayered plan to reclaim economic and social restitutions - those restitutions promised with emancipation but blocked, again and again, for more than 150 years. And, most of all, Jones delivers strategies for how we can effect change as citizens and allies while nurturing ourselves in the fight against a system that is still rigged.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Valid points made, but contradictory as well...
- De Julian C. Young en 01-28-22
De: Kimberly Jones
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Letters to an Incarcerated Brother
- Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones
- De: Hill Harper
- Narrado por: Kevin R. Free
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 28
After the publication of the best-selling Letters to a Young Brother, accomplished actor and speaker Hill Harper began to receive an increasing number of moving letters from inmates who yearned for a connection with a successful role model. With disturbing statistics on African-American incarceration on his mind (one in six black men were incarcerated as of 2001, and one in three can now expect to go to prison some time in their lifetimes), Harper set out to address the specific needs of inmates.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great read and a amazing book . every black man no matter where should read it.
- De Anonymous User en 06-25-24
De: Hill Harper
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Whatever It Takes
- Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
- De: Paul Tough
- Narrado por: Ax Norman
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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What would it take?That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children, not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? The question led him to create the Harlem Children's Zone, a 97-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Aboslutely terrific!
- De Anthony en 09-21-10
De: Paul Tough
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How to Be Black
- De: Baratunde Thurston
- Narrado por: Baratunde Thurston
- Duración: 6 h y 27 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,033
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,032
Beyond memoir, this guidebook offers practical advice on everything from "How to Be the Black Friend" to "How to Be the (Next) Black President" to "How to Celebrate Black History Month". This is a humorous, intelligent, and audacious guide that challenges and satirizes the so-called experts, purists, and racists who purport to speak for all Black people. With honest storytelling and biting wit, Baratunde plots a path not just to blackness, but one open to anyone interested in simply "how to be".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny yet insightful!
- De Theodore en 02-15-12
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Girls Like Us
- Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself
- De: Rachel Lloyd
- Narrado por: Rachel Lloyd
- Duración: 9 h y 31 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 188
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 164
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 163
During her teens, Rachel Lloyd ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. With time, through incredible resilience, and with the help of a local church community, she finally broke free of her pimp and her past and devoted herself to helping other young girls escape "the life". In Girls Like Us, Lloyd reveals the dark world of commercial sex trafficking in cinematic detail and tells the story of her groundbreaking nonprofit organization: GEMS.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Rachel Lloyd is an Amazing Woman
- De joan m. en 01-14-22
De: Rachel Lloyd
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Generation Me
- Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled - and More Miserable Than Ever Before
- De: Jean M. Twenge PhD
- Narrado por: Randye Kaye
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
In this provocative new book, psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge documents the self-focus of what she calls "Generation Me" - people born in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Dr. Twenge explores why her generation is tolerant, confident, open-minded, and ambitious but also cynical, depressed, lonely, and anxious. Dr. Twenge reveals how profoundly different today's young adults are - and makes controversial predictions about what the future holds for them and society as a whole.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I mostly agree
- De David Hill en 05-25-20
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Have a New Teenager by Friday
- From Mouthy and Moody to Respectful and Responsible in 5 Days
- De: Kevin Leman
- Narrado por: Kirby Heybourne
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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Congratulations! You have a teenager in your home. Life will never quite be the same again (of course, you already know that). But it can be better than you’ve ever dreamed. In fact, you’re just five days away from your teenager asking, “What can I do to help?” Guaranteed! With his signature wit and commonsense psychology, internationally recognized family expert and New York Times best-selling author Dr. Kevin Leman will help you. your teenager’s life. With Dr. Leman’s instinct and insight, plus an index with gutsy advice on 75 hot-button issues that keep parents up at night.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Listen with a Critical Mind
- De Stephanie en 03-25-13
De: Kevin Leman
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Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness
- What It Means to Be Black Now
- De: Touré, Michael Eric Dyson
- Narrado por: Touré
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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A provocative look at what it means to be Black today. This audiobook includes excerpts from over 100 interviews with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Cornel West, Skip Gates, Melissa Harris-Perry, Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley, Glenn Ligon, Malcolm Gladwell, Paul Mooney, NY Gov. David Paterson, Harold Ford, Jr., Soledad O'Brien, Kamala Harris, Chuck D, Questlove, and others.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Food for Thought
- De Sara en 12-22-11
De: Touré, y otros
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Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching
- A Young Black Man's Education
- De: Mychal Denzel Smith
- Narrado por: Kevin R. Free
- Duración: 5 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 290
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 259
How do you learn to be a Black man in America? For young Black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. It means celebrating powerful moments of Black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle, and Frank Ocean. In Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, Mychal Denzel Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History through a Young Black Man's Eyes!! Perfect
- De Patricia Hambsch en 08-31-16
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Gang Leader for a Day
- A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
- De: Sudhir Venkatesh
- Narrado por: Reg Rogers, Sudhir Venkatesh, Stephen J. Dubner
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,287
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,298
The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatest managed to gain entree into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen to this one first
- De DanO en 01-15-08
De: Sudhir Venkatesh
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Angry White Men
- American Masculinity at the End of an Era
- De: Michael Kimmel
- Narrado por: Aaron Williamson
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
One of the enduring legacies of the 2012 Presidential campaign was the demise of the white American male voter as a dominant force in the political landscape. On election night, after Obama was announced the winner, a distressed Bill O'Reilly lamented that he didn't live in "a traditional America anymore". He was joined by others who bellowed their grief on the talk radio airwaves, the traditional redoubt of angry white men. Why were they so angry?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book; Wrong reader
- De Carolina A. Miranda en 05-02-18
De: Michael Kimmel
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Ain’t No Makin’ It
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- Anonymous User
- 02-18-25
Great book
I loved how they would show different perspectives of life from different people. They all were from the same area but had different lives and different mindsets.
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- Phil
- 03-31-15
A must-read for any conflict theory sociologist
Read this for a class and very glad that I did. It was a great insight into the lives of these individuals and I found myself becoming attached to various characters throughout. If nothing else, it's a great conversation piece.
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- JW
- 02-02-19
A Classic Every American Should Read
This book is a classic that every American should read. The performance is great except for the decision to attempt reading certain voices in accents. Audiobook narrators need to stop doing accents. There is no way the producers could have known what the people in the book speak like since they are all anonymous and so the accents feel like caricatures.
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