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We have to have a vision of the world we want to make in years. And maybe when we have that vision, when we convince enough people that that is a realistic vision, and that the opposite vision is basically that if we don't do something in this years, a hundred years from now this world is gonna be so destroyed, so raped and ravished that we won't HAVE much of a world to save.

The U. Racism is running rampant and xenophobia is on the rise. When Black people seriously organize and take up arms to fight for our liberation, there will be a lot of white people who will drop dead from no other reason than their own guilt and fear.

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People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom. I realized that I was connected to Africa. I wasn't just a Colored girl. I was part of a whole world that wanted a better life. I'm part of a majority and not a minority. My life has been a life of growth. If you're not growing, you're not going to understand real love.

If you're not reaching out to help others then you're shrinking. My life has been active. I'm not a spectator.