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"Separate but Equal"

Aren't they supposed to be people, too?

Pigment is really that important?

They are not *****

A separate restaurant,

Drinking fountain,

Theater,

Bench,

Everything!

Because you can deal with "different" people.

They had "rights,"

But if they were considered people, the segregation would not have happened. They had no choice.

The conditions were worse.

How is that fair?

Hardly any jobs were open to them.

 

And I know you know exactly what I am

Talking about, but I never said once

That almost everyone called them that one despicable word:

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Jun 10, 2014
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