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Colin Powell Quotes: Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.
         

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.


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