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“I have chosen to kneel because I simply cannot stand for the kind of oppression this country is allowing against its own people.” quote by Megan Rapinoe — Download Open image

“I have chosen to kneel because I simply cannot stand for the kind of oppression this country is allowing against its own people.”

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