A Raisin in the Sun
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I'm sure that you people must be
aware of some of the incidents...

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...that have happened in various parts
of the city when...

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...colored people have moved
into certain areas.

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Because we have what
I think is going to be...

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...a unique type of organization
in American community life.

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Not only do we deplore
that kind of thing...

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...but we're doing
something about it.

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Now, we feel that...
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We feel that most of the trouble
in this world...

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...when you come right down to it...
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...most of the trouble exists because
people don't sit down and talk.

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You can say that again, mister.
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That we don't try hard enough
in this world...

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...to understand the other fellow's
problems, his point of view.

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Now that's the truth.
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Well, you see, our community
is made up of people...

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...who've worked hard
as the dickens...

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...to build up that little community.
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Now, we're not rich or fancy people.
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I mean, we're just hard-working,
honest people...

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...who don't really have much
but those little homes...

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...and a dream of the kind
of community we want...

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...to raise our children in.
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Well, now, I don't say
that we're perfect.

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And there's a lot wrong in some
of the things we want.

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But you've got to admit
that a man, right or wrong...

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...has the right to want to have the
neighborhood he lives in...

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...in a certain kind of way.
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At the moment, the overwhelming
majority of people out there feel...

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...that people get along better...
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...take more of a common interest in
the life of the community...

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...when they share
a common background.

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Now wait.
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Now wait.
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I want you to believe me
when I tell you...

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...that race prejudice simply
doesn't enter into it.

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It's a matter of the people of
Clybourne Park believing...

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...rightly or wrongly, as I say...
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...that for the happiness
of all concerned...

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...that our Negro families
are happier...


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