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MrScorpio

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Mon Aug 15, 2016, 09:18 PM Aug 2016

AS black people, we know what it means to be classified as "black" in America...

Even if most white people are oblivious to the connotation. A connotation shaped by the process of endemic and institutional white supremacy over a period of centuries in this country.














Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “Black Lives Matter is doing something really important.”

Nigerian novelist and short story writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is sharing her thoughts on the striking difference between how Black people are seen in Nigeria and America and the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement on Channel 4 News.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “Black Lives Matter is doing something really important.”



#BlackLivesMatter
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AS black people, we know what it means to be classified as "black" in America... (Original Post) MrScorpio Aug 2016 OP
Hell yes. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #1
Okay Coolest Ranger Aug 2016 #2
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