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It's so hard for me to even acknowledge america without talking about race. if you look at our society, if you look at the prisons, if you look at the poverty and which side of the line the majority of people are, we have to acknowledge how we divide ourselves up, that there's racism alive in this country. and it's not in the law. it's in our minds. and that's what we have to actively battle.
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It's So Hard For Me To Even

Dave Matthews
It's so hard for me to even acknowledge america without talking about race. if you look at our society, if you look at the prisons, if you look at the poverty and which side of the line the majority of people are, we have to acknowledge how we divide ourselves up, that there's racism alive in this country. and it's not in the law. it's in our minds. and that's what we have to actively battle.
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