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"As long as white people put people of color, African Americans and Latinos, in the same dispensable ..." — Claudette Colvin

As long as white people put people of color, African Americans and Latinos, in the same dispensable bag, and look at our children of color as insignificant and treat women of color as not as deserving of protection as white women, we will never achieve true equality.
Claudette Colvin
Claudette Colvin Activist • American
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