On the record
The people who kill and are killed, nine times out of ten, whether they are black or white, are people who do not own a home, who do not have money in the bank.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgThe people who kill and are killed, nine times out of ten, whether they are black or white, are people who do not own a home, who do not have money in the bank.
Washington connects lack of home ownership and financial security to violence and crime.
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