Quote by Alice Walker
The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didnt want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass. – Alice Walker

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