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Benjamin Watson

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
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
You CAN be what you want to be. Whatever that is.
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Destiny Entrepreneur Want
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 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
Moral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.
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Focus Path People
Sometimes I’m just as prejudiced as people I point fingers at. And that’s not right. How can I look at white skin and make assumptions but not want assumptions made about me? That’s not right.
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Assumption People Point Situation Sometimes
Now he has to fear the backlash against himself and his loved ones when he was only doing his job.
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Against Endure Fear Horrible Job Love Provoke
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
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 SYMPATHETIC, because I wasn’t there so I don’t know exactly what happened. Maybe Darren Wilson acted within his rights and duty as an officer of the law and killed Michael Brown in self defense like any of us would in the circumstance.
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Exactly Happen Jobs Men Self Sympathetic
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
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 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
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

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