When I was an exchange student in the US, my roommate was a Somalian refugee. 100% American. Big Tupac fan. The biggest. 1/4
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I will always remember the relief on his face when he discovered I knew the US through hiphop, through Public Enemy. 2/4
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It didn't mean I had experienced any of what he had. I hadn't. I haven't. 3/4
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But it did mean that he didn't have to do the labour of explaining to me, young white boy, the racism, the brutality, the violence. 4/4
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This all just to say: tune in to Black Twitter tonight and listen.
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I can feed you afterward at the house.
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