The worst thing about that kind of prejudice is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough.
— Nina Simone Modern

Musician, civil rights activist

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On experiencing racism in the music industry

Date / Period

1991

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Controversial

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https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/04/22/178110552/nina-simones-blues

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