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“I sometimes find myself lost in the paradoxes of place, race, and religion. Oklahoma seems to embody Walt Whitman's famous lines: 'Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.”
― The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State
― The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State
“I feel like Oklahoma is one big Dementiatown, suffering from some cerebral disease that is impeding blood flow to the brain. The steeper the declines in education spending, healthcare outcomes, and criminal justice, the more blame is placed on immigrants and the liberal media. The worse things get, the worse we sabotage ourselves.”
― The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State
― The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State
“In 2016 the starting wage at QuikTrip, an Oklahoma-owned convenience store, was higher than the starting salary for a teacher in the state’s schools.”
― The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State
― The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State
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