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"I thought we were good people, Mama" "It was the books you read, Not the words I said, my child. I didn't spare your ears, and when you threatened tears, I let the truth march on" "Then how did I grow being proud, singing our national anthems loud, sure it was good to be American? My country has stolen, my country has ***** made every poisened mistake, and it WON'T STOP!" " That is true, my child, but it is good to be you. Apologize for your cousins and fathers and aunts, if you must, and your purchased slave chocolate, slave t-shirts, and jewelry But NEVER, my child, not EVER, should you apologize for being yourself"
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Oct 19, 2014
Oct 19, 2014 at 8:20 PM UTC
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"I thought we were good people, Mama" "It was the books you read, Not the words I said, my child. I didn't spare your ears, and when you threatened tears, I let the truth march on" "Then how did I grow being proud, singing our national anthems loud, sure it was good to be American? My country has stolen, my country has ***** made every poisened mistake, and it WON'T STOP!" " That is true, my child, but it is good to be you. Apologize for your cousins and fathers and aunts, if you must, and your purchased slave chocolate, slave t-shirts, and jewelry But NEVER, my child, not EVER, should you apologize for being yourself"
Being a child of an Army brat fathet  and a mother who grew up between France, Cot'd Ivoire and the US, I may not be stereotypically American minded but I am learning not to be ashamed of me even as I learn my true history.
#lies#truth#shame#history#american#proud#slaves
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Oct 19, 2014
Oct 19, 2014 at 8:20 PM UTC
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