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THE ROOTS OF THE PROBLEM ARE DEEP IN THE FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND BEGAN WITH THE RAPE OF AFRICA, THE STEALING OF CHILD FROM MOTHER,
AND SEPERATION OF HUSBAND FROM WIFE, THE DESTRUXCTION OF VARIOUS CULTURES
AND RELIGIONS, THE DISPLACEMENT OF A WHOLE PEOPLE FROM THEIR LAND AND
THEIR COUNTRY.

THEY INVOLVE THE BASEST OF PREJUDICES, AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT HAS
ALWAYS BELIEVED PROPERTY WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE - THE RESULTS
HAVE BEEN TO PLACE AND KEEP BLACK PEOPLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER
THAT IN THIS NATION IS SUPPOSED TO LEAD TO JOBS AND HOMES AND EDUCATION
AND SECURITY.

IT HAS MADE US THE LAST TO BE HIRED AND THE FIRST TO BE FIRED;
IT . HAS RECENTLY, AS ANY READING OF VIETNAM CASUALTY LISS WILL SHOW,
MADE OUR YOUNG MEN FIRST IN WAR, LAST IN PEACE, AND SELDOM IN THE
HEARTS OF OUR COUNTRYMEN. IT HAS GIVEN BLACK CHILDREN AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ATTEND SLCHOOL FOR TWELVE YEARS WHILE RECEIVING ONLY SIX YEARS OF
EDUCATION. IT HAS PLACED US ON RELIEF TO WHERE WE ARE CALLED LAZY