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Monetary Figures Do Not Include the Great Pain and Suffering

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Monetary figures do not include the great pain and suffering inflicted, the physical abuse, or the many untimely deaths of countless African Americans throughout U.S. history. Discuss the massive non-economic damages that must figure into the ultimate social costs accounting for white oppression targeting African Americans.


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