Meaningful Passage Essay

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Maggie Ivory
Period 4
Meaningful Passage from T.K.A.M.

"As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it-whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash."

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