I Am What I Am

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”[…] I began to cry. I thought of my ancestors, both direct and collective, who had fought and died so that I might be treated as an American. I then thought of this fetid, smug, hate-filled, wealthy white man taking credit for the release and yet still not being satisfied. It does not matter how long we’ve been in these United States. We will never be American.

So, tears in my eyes, pain in my heart and rage in my soul, I composed this video message. More than written text, it comes close to expressing my full pain at witnessing a white man who was handed everything call the President of the United States (and me) a nigger.”

This is a wonderful video and should be shared………it speaks to the real underlying issues, to the affront, the bigotry, the racism, and also to our re=entry into having an American prove his citizenship or right to vote repeatedly and redundantly.
Via Kathartic Rantings

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