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✨ Being Black in America is Scary ✨

I’m just tryna live my life, work hard, and be safe… but even that comes with fear. My people are being killed, hated, treated like nothing all because of the color of our skin. I present myself well, I did nothing wrong, yet I still carry this weight every day. 🖤✊🏾

#BlackInAmerica #MyLifeMatters #StopTheHate #JustTryingToLive #Lemon8Voices

2025/9/18 Edited to

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The color of one’s skin does not matter.

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Try not adopting the friking hood or ghetto culture. THAT’S the problem. It’s not your color.

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