Black Pride Research Paper

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How has black pride affected the world? In reality its open our eyes to the amount of racism in this world. The real question is has black pride gone too far? Personally I do not think it has. African Americans have been through slavery and to this day there is still racism. Racism is when one race thinks it is superior then another. No race is superior than any, we are all the same. Everyone is the same on the inside. Why does our skin color affect our place in the world? A few months ago a black pride activist, Marshawn McCarrel, fatally killed himself to show the government that he was not happy with what they were doing. According to the New York Daily times “He was selfless and will give his last order to make sure you do not go through

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