The Importance Of Being Black In America

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You will not replace us. You will not take my spot in this cast today, tomorrow, or ever in my life. I don't care about your money or your fame. Do you have any understanding that being black in America is a struggle in and out of itself? We have to live in neighborhoods that you wouldn't walk through, work jobs that you wouldn't even dare to think about in your nightmares. Understand this: now I'm one of the very few who are employed, and I can make a statement to the world about people like you and people like me. See, I wake up every morning thanking God that I'm not on the streets, waiting in those lines for hours upon hours. Just to arrive at the front of the line and get handed scraps to eat. I know, cause I've seen it. I'm used to things

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