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> [Don't get caught up on 'I'm brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.' You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492? All these names we're using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afrika-bambaataa/don-t-get-caught-up-on-i-m-brown-black-white-red-blue-whatever-you/)

[Afrika Bambaataa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afrika-bambaataa/)

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