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Consider that for every several guys I try to help who end up dead or in jail, there’s another person I was able to rescue from a similar end. Should I give up on everybody out of fear of being dirtied by the media? Sorry, but I was born in this dirt.

— Richard Sherman Stardom Doesn’t Change Where You’re From (2014)

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I can never see a time where racism is called for.

I’m one of the guys that believes you’re gonna be who you will yourself to be.

In desperate times for people who come from desperate communities, your friends become your family.

Stardom Doesn’t Change Where You’re From (2014)

Commit certain crimes in this league and be a certain color, and you get help, not scorn.

Stardom Doesn’t Change Where You’re From (2014)

No one should be judged by the actions of others!

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