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“The way of the world is full of judgmental people. People size me up and down with their eyes. I am told that my hair is too curly to be white and too straight to be black. People ask me questions as if I owe them an answer—what does my race have anything to do with you—and why do you care. The fact is, race shouldn’t exist—it is not real. It is made up, but race does matter.” Race shouldn’t matter, but it does. In society's eyes, race is stubbornly real.”

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“The deadly poison of hate for the other race in American can be cleansed by spreading kindness and love. I know it can be done! We are the remedy, but it takes all of us to make a difference. We should confront the past. Once we do that, this damaged country will be healed.”

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“81. “When are we going to wake up and call it what it is? They degrade blacks; instead of getting sprayed by a water hose, we are now getting sprayed with bullets! Instead of getting a peaceful night’s rest, our doors are getting kicked in! Oh, and instead of suffocating us with their white sheets or tying a noose around our necks and hanging us from a tree, they suffocate us by putting their knee on our neck instead. Let’s keep it real here. Who are we fooling? Racism has still has a heartbeat, and I do not see it dying anytime soon.”

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“I hear a lot of black dudes call each other niggers or nigga. Why? Then we as blacks are upset when another race calls us the ‘N’ word. Do we really have the right to be upset? No, we do not because we can’t expect other races not to call us the ‘N’ word if we call each other the ‘N’ word. So I say once again, and I cannot say this enough. We should respect ourselves and each other. We should be ashamed to use the word … the nickname if you will … that white people made up for us. It is not okay for a black person to use the word Nigger or Nigga so loosely!”

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“Being biracial is exhausting. I mean, we cannot change who we are. Someone told me that I do not experience colorism on a negative level. Just because I am light-skinned, I am told I deny the privilege I have. What is my privilege? My color? Colorism is a huge issue within itself—I call everything that is going on ‘social constructionism.”

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“The world is filled with hate because of racism. There is a huge division in the world because of racism. If we all create a mindset to come together as one and see that there is beauty in all people—everyone would see race differently, because it wouldn’t exist.”

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“How … Please … tell me how are you as a black person comfortable with saying the “N” word! How can you use the term nigger or nigga so effortlessly? That term should make your skin crawl! As a black community and as black people, we need to void the ‘N’ word. It needs to be deleted from blacks' vocabulary. If we want another race to respect us—we must start by respecting ourselves and each other first.”

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“Everyone should respect each other and leave it be. However, that sounds too ideal and too simple. I am learning that when things sound too much like common sense, people would rather antagonize one other than make peace with each other. Sad but true, this is the world we live in.”

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“I think everyone— blacks, whites, and all races should treat each other with respect, love, and live in a peaceful world. However, it’s as if our country is in a drought and nobody wants to fetch the water. Therefore, with all of the selfishness in America, people's beliefs will be passed down to their children and the cycle of racism and hate will continue.”

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“America is still raging with racism. It is tearing everyone apart from the inside out. It is causing much pain for all. I think we can heal America, and it can be born again, but this time with the truth, understanding, sympathy, hope, peace, respect, and love for all.”

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