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All lives matter? Yes. But black lives are being targeted so no matter what color you are, this should be your charge.

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It doesn’t matter what Beyoncé was trying to present or whether she was trying to present anything other than a killer a dance number. It’s the fact that she, and other famous blacks, can’t raise their opinions without being skewered by the media.

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How can a society hope to achieve any semblance of equality while silently agreeing “bitch” is more offensive from Busta Rhymes than Elton John? From this nonchalant compliance stems the indignation towards Black Lives Matter protestors who would DARE disrupt a Bernie Sanders political rally or the Minnesota State Fair.

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Just like in every profession, there are the few who ruin it for everyone. Black lives matter should not be an indictment on all police personnel.

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It appears that my alma mater is making news again in 2015. Campus police removed “Whites Only” and “Black Only” signs from Clemens Hall after 11 phone calls were made starting 1PM on Wednesday, September 16.

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It’s an all-too-typical scene for me: I walk up to the cashier at Manning’s and greet the cashier with a casual “你好.” Perhaps this is my giveaway – Chinese culture tends to be light on unnecessary formalities.

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By now we should all be decently aware that being black in America has its fair share of societal difficulties. What’s sometimes left out are the little things that we experience — especially if we just so happen to be the only one around.

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Appropriators are doing themselves such a great disservice if they think the black experience is just limited to hairstyles and hip-hop.