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> But prejudiced white people can't see any of the other races as just individual people. If a white man robs a bank, it's just a man robbed a bank. But if a Negro or a Puerto Rican does it, it's them awful Negroes or Puerto Ricans.

We've come a long way in 60 years. It's Muslims and Mexicans now too. (/s)

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I mean, we've made strides in equality. Nowadays, depending who you ask, it's white people as well!

edit: Honestly though, that said, reading this article gives me a ton of respect for Miles Davis. He's really candid while at the same time being very explicit that he's just talking about what he himself has seen, and why he's deciding the way that he does. A lot more people could stand to think like that.

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