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“[A] lot of CBC members are in fact in favor of banning menthol, many because of the fact that it disproportionately kills black people.”
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“According to a report by activist site Toward Freedom, for the past decade the search for a rare metal necessary in the manufacturing of Sony’s Playstation 2 game console has fueled a brutal conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
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“Lucy Liu will give voice to Sio, a beautiful, seductive and sadistic mastermind plotting to destroy Afro Samurai.”
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“For the past year, I have researched, read and conducted several interviews on this topic for the “Black in America” series. Producing a segment on the low marriage rates in black America was not without its challenges.”
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