Now that you know what the white people were up to, lemme tell you what Black folks were doing. As White America struggled to rebuild its empire of racism, Black Americans were trying to accomplish the one goal they had been pursuing since 1620*—having white people leave us alone. Wait. Did you think we were clawing and scratching for the right to hang out in train cars and movie theaters with white people? Hold up, gimme a few minutes to stop laughing. Have you met white people? Think about it. If someone kidnapped you, made your family work for free, and murdered, raped, and brutalized your
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