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I want to see a cop shoot a white unarmed teenager in the back," said Ms. Morrison, who also has won the Pulitzer Prize for her work, which includes the bestsellers "Beloved" and "Song of Solomon."
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Similarly, her readers will remember that she has previously written powerfully about the disaster of valuing particular kinds of physical appearance.