What do you think black people born in the United States have in common with people of African descent who were born elsewhere?
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We’re all one people. I was born here. People born in other countries feel like we’re lower than them. Where’s the love? |
Kevin
Chef
Roxbury
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We’re family. It goes back to our ancestors. We’re all from the same blood. |
Dee
Vendor
Charlestown
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We’re all one people. We have different cultures, but one blood. |
Dave
Student
Quincy
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A common racial experience based upon forced labor and post-slavery conditions that are very similar whether you’re in Brixton, London or the ghettos of the United States. That covers everyone, including Mr. Obama. |
Gary Hicks
Community Activist/Poet
South Boston
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We have in common a lack of identity. None of us are connected to our roots. We don’t know what was our way of life before we were kidnapped and brainwashed. |
Phillip
Entrepreneur
Dorchester
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Struggle. We struggle with poverty, jobs, housing. We struggle with CORI situations and substance abuse. |
Lenora E.
Food Services
Hyde Park
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