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“The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a white guy who's the savior.” quote by Jim Brown — Download Open image

“The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to be a white guy who's the savior.”

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