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The Haunting Ballad of Ruby Hunter,
single work
biography
(p. 2-3) Section: Agenda
'“When I was taken away,” the singer-songwriter says, “all I saw in front of me was white people. Or they wouldn’t be people. They’d be ghosts. White ghosts. Because we had no name for you fellas. I’m a person who’s not speaking English right at the age of eight. To me, you’re ghosts. You’re not people. Shut them out. That’s how you was with me.”' (Source: Larry Schwartz Consulting website)
