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"The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery."
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"It's a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president."
"Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff."
"A vision of cultural homogeneity that seeks to deflect attention away from or even excuse the oppressive, dehumanizing impact of white supremacy on the lives of black people by suggesting black people are racist too indicates that the culture remains ignorant of what racism really is and how it works. It shows that people are in denial. Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings about blacks (they could have such feelings and leave us alone) but because it is a system that promotes domination and subjugation?"
"The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy, and he concludes from this that the black is good for nothing but shining shoes."
"A 'black' man who draws a 'black' person with big lips is called observant. A 'white' man who does the same is called a racist."
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"If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime, not the invisible sanctions of the legislature."
"I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society."
"The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way."
"Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation."
"The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear."
"There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack."
"Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all."
"Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight."
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