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Very few Americans will directly proclaim that they are in favor of black people being left to the streets. But a very large number of Americans will do all they can to preserve the Dream_The point of this language of __ntention_ and __ersonal responsibility_ is broad exoneration. People were enslaved. We meant well. We tried out best. __ood intention_ is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.
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Very few Americans will directly proclaim that they are in favor of black people being left to the streets. But a very large number of Americans will do all they can to preserve the Dream_The point of this language of __ntention_ and __ersonal responsibility_ is broad exoneration. People were enslaved. We meant well. We tried out best. __ood intention_ is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the Dream.

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