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Now, question:
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Did you write this paper?
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You really feel like insulting
my intelligence, don't you?

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I worked my ass off on that paper.
I rewrote it three times.

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-Shouldn't be one misspelled word.
-Okay, Mr. Williams, I believe you.

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Are you having problems
here at Columbus?

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It's all right.
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I got a problem with the way fools
be tripping when they see a black face.

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Someone spit in your face
when you first came to campus?

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Was there a cross burned
outside your dormitory?

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No. I know what you're
trying to get at.

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Just 'cause it ain't up in my face,
that don't mean it's not happening.

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It's less physical now.
It's more mental.

1:00:01
I gotta run and study, man.
1:00:04
I don't see these white folks worrying
about nothing but going to class...

1:00:09
...talking about skiing.
They don't have the same worries.

1:00:13
Then your problem is financial.
Not racial, but economic.

1:00:20
These type of problems
can be worked out.

1:00:24
For example,
you are a runner, are you not?

1:00:29
-One of the best.
-A big-time track star, huh?

1:00:33
All right.
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Let us say you are running a race...
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...and you suspect the opposing team
has a member who is faster, stronger...

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...more big-time than yourself.
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What do you do then?
Do you leave the track?

1:00:49
Hell, no.
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-What do you do?
-Run faster.


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