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" My encounters with racism are sort of second-hand situations where I might be standing around with a group of white friends and someone makes a comment that they wouldn't make at my family reunion. "

Wentworth Miller

Reunion

Group

Racism

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Family

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Hope

God

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Children

Life

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Story

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Family

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