"Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal."

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"Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal."

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"Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then."

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