'A Tale Of Segregation'

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According to the passage, ‘’A Tale of Segregation’’ WIlliam and his father had to wait to get water because a white person told William and his father and said ‘’You have to wait until all the white people are finished getting their water.’’ William's father told the white people ‘’We’ll get our water another day or we’ll come back.’’ WIlliams father said ‘’ This was a real act of hatred and prejudice’’ because they were upset because all the white people can get their water before William and his father. In the video, John F. Kennedy Finest Moment, William's Father said ‘’ There gonna be day where this won't be anymore because in the video they said ‘’ The American People told them why of it the president did not limit himself to discrimination

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