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To Be


 

 

The power…

The power to act as one wants…

The power to speak as one wants …

The power to think as one wants …

The state…

The state of not being imprisoned…

The state of not being enslaved…

The state of not being subject…

The freedom…

The freedom to be white…

The freedom to be black...

The freedom to be who we are…

We all have the power, the state, and the freedom to be… 

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