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Black Lives Matter?


Black lives matter is what they say. But what is a black kills another does it still mean the same thing?

Or when a black says Nigga it's perfectly fine. But when a white says Nigga, us blacks begin to whine. Notf

only because its a bad word but because it was a barbaric term whites used against blacks in slavery times.

Hypocrites is what we are. Every time we use that word it begins to jab and stab at an unhealed scar. So,

if black lives really matter, we need to come together peacefully. Not bash and crash people with our unlearned

history.Let's not be ignorant and illiterate with the words we say. But let's become educated and knowledgeable

and make today a new day.

-Jackleyn Hughes

 

 

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