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To: GuavaCheesePuff
But after it was proclaimed to the world that our lives mattered, as video after video of young black people being harassed continued to circulate widely, it often felt like opportunity and even justice would never be ours to claim.

Harassed? I mostly see videos of blacks beating each other up in McDonalds.

But we’re still tired of having to prove our humanity and trying to make sure that America makes good on its promise.

No one is doubting your humanity. America promises nothing but the opportunity to better ones self. If your IQ is in the low 80's, then you will, unfortunately, be a poor fit for a society built by whites, and your opportunities will be limited.

How much room is there in anyone’s life for a mistake or the perception of a mistake if you’re young and black in America? How much of the American dream hangs in the balance? For the dozens of people I talked to, the reality is that if we want our dreams to come true, all too often we have to be almost perfect, making the right decisions all the time. Not getting that ticket. Not listening to that mortgage broker. Not speaking up. I left the letter open on my dining room table for months. Ignored the others that followed. I was never able to send back the form to join the class-action suit. I couldn’t admit that I had been duped.

No one is demanding perfection. This country affords many second and third chances. Unfortunately, you believe the lies that there is not such thing as human biodiversity, that all are equal, and so any unequal outcome is Whitey's fault.

17 posted on 01/06/2019 5:34:02 PM PST by bkopto
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To: bkopto

well how is that fair to people with IQs in the 80s? Their vote is as good as yours my good man or woman.


56 posted on 01/06/2019 6:41:32 PM PST by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB.)
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