Barack Obama
Politician
"We need to eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white."
Black Youth quotes
Black Youth
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Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
"New York white youth were killing victims; that was a 'sociological' problem. But when black youth killed somebody, the power structure was looking to hang somebody."
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