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We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,-
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
-"We Wear the Mask,"
Paul Laurence Dunbar
What social issue does the mask represent?
poverty
racism
crime

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the social issue that the mask represents is racism

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