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Orson Welles

Race hate isn't human nature race hate is the abandonment of human nature.

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Orson Welles is saying that feeling hatred based on race is not something people are born with, but rather something they develop by turning away from what makes us truly human. He implies that our natural state is to be free of such hatred, and embracing race hate means rejecting our basic human qualities.

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