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electric_blue68

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7. I heard about it later since I was 2 at the time...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 01:25 PM

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Maybe my ?late teens, or early 20's. I did start to pay attention the CR movement in my early teens as my mom up here in NYC in particular had pointed out to me racist behavior experienced by a neighbor mistakened to be Black.

The murder probably upset my parents at the time the news came out.

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