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FreakinDJ

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13. There was a period of hope in the early 70s
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 08:14 AM
Jun 2015

When the black community themselves felt that things might honestly get better. And that scene from the movie "Revenge of the Nerds" was true to life as I've seen it with my own eyes Blacks coming to the rescue of folks being tormented by those who felt their "Privilege" gave them the right to persecute whom ever they liked

But the 80s with it's "Crack Cocaine" took its toll and rolled back all the hard fought progress of the 60s and 70s. Bigots had a reason to instill fear of the Blackman once again. Small wonder the writer who broke the story of the CIA connection to the shipment of crack cocaine into the intercity committed suicide by shooting himself in the head - TWICE shortly after Bush 41 was sworn into office

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