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A STATEMENT ON RACISM AND INJUSTICE FROM THE FIRST STREAMING SERVICE FOR BLACK TV & FILM - UMC | The Crusader Newspaper Group

As Black people, it is an unspoken language that only we as a community truly understand.

The injustice, prejudice, and racism faced by Black people in this country is a part of the Black experience that we have endured for far too long.

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