Among the words that can be all things to all men, the word "race" has a fair claim to being the most common, most ambiguous and most explosive. (Jacques Barzun)

Among the words that can be all things to all men, the word "race" has a fair claim to being the most common, most ambiguous and most explosive.

Jacques Barzun

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