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My husband,\u00a0Amari<\/span><\/strong>, didn\u2019t understand this escape. To him, a thirty-two-year-old senior mechanic at an auto body shop, the world was simple and material. The car must run, dinner must be on the table, and his wife must greet him with a smile. He condescendingly referred to my research as a \u201chobby.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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My husband,\u00a0Amari, didn\u2019t understand this escape. To him, a thirty-two-year-old senior mechanic at an auto body shop, the world was simple and material. The car must run, dinner must be on the table, and his wife must greet him with a smile. He condescendingly referred to my research as a \u201chobby.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s up, historian?\u201d he\u2019d…<\/p>\n

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