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    The Root‏Verified account @TheRoot 3 Jul 2018

    Watch: @JamilahLemieux breaks down why protecting black women and girls is more important than you breaking up with your favorite R&B singer.pic.twitter.com/GvZ3XPEDmC

    Protecting Black Women Is More Important Than Your Love for R. Kelly
    11:20 am - 3 Jul 2018
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    • Vjenelle2 BèBé Berejú. Ti Annie HM Sandra Allen Tisha Brown #DefundThePolice Onaje Asheber Philip S. S. Howard 🌱 🇺🇦 you are a thief of joy
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      2. margaritasweet‏ @margaritasweet 3 Jul 2018
        Replying to @TheRoot @JamilahLemieux

        "Hopefully prevent the next you from existing"very well said @JamilahLemieux thank you!

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      3. Jamilah Lemieux‏Verified account @JamilahLemieux 3 Jul 2018
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        Thank you!

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      1. Paula Bradford‏ @paulasplace6 3 Jul 2018
        Replying to @TheRoot @JamilahLemieux

        R. Kelly would do himself and other Black men a service if he checked himself into a clinic that specializes in treating his type of disorder. It is a psychological and sexual problem. He should accept that he needs treatment and seek it. Hard to imagine things getting worse.

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      1. Aurora P‏ @aurora_audio 3 Jul 2018
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        👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

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      1. George M Johnson‏Verified account @IamGMJohnson 3 Jul 2018
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        This was excellent @JamilahLemieux

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        Smart as always @JamilahLemieux

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        Every moment of this, @JamilahLemieux. Thank you.

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      1. zamundan-wakandan immigrant‏ @yvahn 3 Jul 2018
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        Love love love the purple!!!

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      1. Lion-O Richie got that Frederick Douglass stare‏ @MemphisQuinn 3 Jul 2018
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        salute!

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