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Bernice Johnson Reagon

Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some people didn't have religion.

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Bernice Johnson Reagon is describing how, when she first heard the word "religion," it was used as a way to categorize people based on whether they practiced or believed in a religion. This shows that religion was seen as something you either possessed or lacked, rather than a complex or personal experience.

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