Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible...We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. (Maya Angelou)

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible...We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Maya Angelou

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