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Who is Tawana Brawley from The Alchemy of Race and Rights and what is their importance? The_Alchemy_of_Race_and_Rights English & Literature Tawana Brawley | The Alchemy of Race and Rights

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Tawana Brawley was a young black girl who claimed to have been beaten and raped by six white men during the mid-eighties. Her case caused a frenzy in the media, and Williams uses Brawley's case to illustrate the deep racism in American culture.

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The Alchemy of Race and Rights