Nobody Knows My Name Glossary

by James Baldwin

Nobody Knows My Name Glossary

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Pervasive

Something that is spread widely

Assimilation

The process of taking something in, such as another culture

Subjugation

Process of bringing people under a force of control

Queueing

Lining up

Taboos

Topics that are prohibited to be talked about by society

Incorrigible

Incurable

Paradox

Contradiction

Pickaninny

Refers to a small black child

Motley

Miscellaneous

Aspirations

Hopes

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