1. racism
(Marian Anderson, "My Life in a White World"). ... Claude McKay once stated " Your door is shut against my tightened face/And I am sharp as steel with discontent;/ But I possess the courage and the grace/ To bear my anger proudly and unbent./ The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet." ... Absolutely, they still do, they affected your whole life. ... In school they teach you how blacks were slaves, and how they want this and that and everything else back for the pain they went through, but how many teachers or schools teach you about how the Irish men worked at low prices and sometime...
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