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Terrorism: It's Not a New Word

terrorism has been going on for thousands of years not just in the Middle East, but in America right here Black folks have been terrorized for many years and in many ways with lynchings, cross burnings and the destruction of the churches where we pray we've been treated worse than dumb cattle at one time they even referred to us as chattel we've been beaten, whipped, forced and sold taken from Africa, our motherland brought over on slave ships to become the property of an unrighteous man for over 400 years we have been treated no better than common dirt but our faith in God has been the only constant enabling us to deal with the hurt to Black Americans terrorism is not a new word and for anyone to say as much seems completely absurd

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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