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Dear Non-Black Readers,
If your black friends posting about racism and the TERRORIST attacks against black people make YOU uncomfortable ,imagine how they feel being black DAILY or if you are more concerned with the destruction of iNUSRED property and no the reason it was disturbed in the first place.....

PLEASE check yourself and your privilege.


xoxo,
Cookii.

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