Anna D. Shapiro Quotes

The one thing that never changes in America is that the white straight male is born with a promise. Women are not promised very much, and we embody our disappointment from the beginning.

Anna D. Shapiro

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• The one thing that never changes in America is that the white straight male is born with a promise. Women are not promised very much, and we embody our disappointment from the beginning.

  

  Anna D. Shapiro
  • Women
  • America
  • Beginning