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andpoliciesandthattheseideasdonot<br />

comefrom hateandignorancebutrather<br />

from peoplewhoseethepolitical,social<br />

andeconomicbenefitsofdiscrimination.<br />

SomeofthetopicsKendisharedresonated<br />

withme,personally.One<strong>issue</strong>addressed<br />

thattherearereallyonlytwoexplanations<br />

fortheracialinequitiesthatweseetoday<br />

andhaveseenthroughouthistory.Thefirst<br />

beingthereissomethinginherentlywrong<br />

withblackpeople,whichiswhytheyare<br />

morecriminalandlazyandarearrested<br />

andunemployedathigherrates.Thesecond<br />

ideaisthatthereisracialdiscrimination<br />

withinhow jobsaredistributedandhow<br />

thecriminaljusticesystem treatsblack<br />

people.Ifapersonbuysintothefirst

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