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What does it feel like, to be included?
You likely know the answer to that question. You may not know the opposite end of the spectrum, however – how it feels to be excluded. Not because of a choice you made, but instead because of who you are as a person. Not everyone knows that particular sting, and I wish even fewer people recognized it.
It’s a reality we can’t ignore, however. Not even in Star Wars books.
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