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The paper tiger hero, James Bond, offering the whites a triumphant

The paper tiger hero, James Bond, offering the whites a triumphant image of themselves, is saying what many whites want desperately to hear reaffirmed: I am still the White Man, lord of the land, licensed to kill, and the world is still an empire at my feet. – Eldridge Cleaver

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