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Benjamin Watson

When we look at our children, I think a lot of the troubles we’re having as a society is because we don’t have strong fathers in these families that can tell their kids that they can do more.
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Children Father Strong
The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It’s the Gospel. So, finally, I’M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope.
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Encourage Eric Giving Mankind Tragedy
I’M ANGRY because the stories of injustice that have been passed down for generations seem to be continuing before our very eyes.
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Eye Generations Racism
I’M HOPELESS, because I’ve lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen. I’m not surprised and at some point my little children are going to inherit the weight of being a minority and all that it entails.
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Children Long Racism
When you are public figure, you’re an athlete or actor, that is your job to speak out on certain things. I think you speak out on what you desire to speak out on or your passionate about.
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Athlete Jobs Thinking
I believe that I have a platform because God blessed me with the talent to play football. Having that talent, my job is to be responsible with it.
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Believe Football Jobs
I’M HOPEFUL, because I know that while we still have race issues in America, we enjoy a much different normal than those of our parents and grandparents.
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America Beautiful Race
I’M CONFUSED, because I don’t know why it’s so hard to obey a policeman. You will not win!!! And I don’t know why some policeman abuse their power. Power is a responsibility, not a weapon to brandish and lord over the populace.
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Confused Responsibility Winning
I’M FEARFUL because in the back of my mind I know that although I’m a law abiding citizen I could still be looked upon as a “threat” to those who don’t know me. So I will continue to have to go the extra mile to earn the benefit of the doubt.
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Doubt Law Racism
I’M FRUSTRATED, because pop culture, music and movies glorify these types of police citizen altercations and promote an invincible attitude that continues to get young men killed in real life, away from safety movie sets and music studios.
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Attitude Citizen Men Police Real
I’M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I’ve seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others.
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Experiences Insulting Painful Racism
I see it in my personal relationships with teammates, friends and mentors. And it’s a beautiful thing.
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Beautiful Friend Mentor Personal Relationship Thing
I’M SAD, because another young life was lost from his family, the racial divide has widened, a community is in shambles, accusations, insensitivity hurt and hatred are boiling over, and we may never know the truth about what happened that day.
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Community Hurt Racism
What a horrible thing to endure. OR maybe he provoked Michael and ignited the series of events that led to him eventually murdering the young man to prove a point.
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Endure Point Prove Provoke Series
Moral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.
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Focus Path People
If fathers aren’t growing up, I would challenge them to want to be a father that is present in the home, so that their kids have that identity.
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Father Grow Up Home

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