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We are being taught lies, given texts that glorify and misconstrue our true history. We idolize these explorers; we sculpt monuments after them and name schools in their honour.
Dear God I pray… That there will come a day when justice isn’t just spoken, but lived.
You stole my mother tongue
So we were forced to learn yours
The kink and coarseness of my syllables
The sting of my words
Like a whip on virgin flesh
A gift to this world with so much to bring, not young black boys, but young. black. kings.
We are still beautiful, no matter what the media or anyone else says.
“How do you expect us to breathe when your hands are around our necks?”
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Looking back at '90s French cinema can teach us a lot about the present day. But life isn't a movie.
These protests are not a new phenomena, the difference is that, at last, it seems that the majorities of society are slowly waking up and realizing what we have been saying for far too long: enough is enough.
I’m tired of seeing all lives matter, because that can’t happen until Black lives matter.
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President of the Black Students' Association, Angie Antonio, on how to enact systematic change.
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