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You have, you can only answer it this way: by turning it around. can the negro - who is the victim of the system - escape the collective stigma that is placed upon all negroes in this country?
-Malcolm X
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You Have, You Can Only Answer It

Malcolm X
You have, you can only answer it this way: by turning it around. can the negro - who is the victim of the system - escape the collective stigma that is placed upon all negroes in this country?
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