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- Hey, line up.
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Line up, everybody line up.
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We're about to race.
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Everybody line up.
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Shoulder to shoulder,
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take off your backpacks,
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basketball, line up.
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We're about to race.
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Hey, we are racing for
a hundred dollar bill.
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The winner of this race will take this,
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a hundred dollar bill.
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Before I say go,
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I'm gonna make a couple statements.
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If those statements apply to you,
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I want you to take two steps forward.
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If those statements don't apply to you,
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I want you to stay right where you're at.
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Take two steps forward
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if both of your parents are still married.
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Take two steps forward if you grew up
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with a father figure in the home.
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Take two steps forward if you had access
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to a private education.
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Take two steps forward if you had access
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to a free tutor growing up.
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Take two steps forward if
you've never had to worry
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about your cellphone being shut off.
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Take two steps forward if
you've never had to help Mom
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or Dad with the bills.
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Take two steps forward
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if it wasn't because of
your athletic ability,
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you don't have to pay for college.
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Take two steps forward
if you never wondered
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where your next meal was gonna come from.
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I want you guys up here in the front
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just to turn around and look.
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Every statement I've made
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has nothing to do with
anything any of you have done.
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It has nothing to do with
decisions you've made.
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Everything I have said has nothing to do
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with what you've done.
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We all know these people up
here have a better opportunity
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to win this hundred dollars.
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Does that mean these people
back here can't race?
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No.
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We would be foolish to not realize
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we've been given more opportunity.
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We don't wanna recognize that
we've been given a head start.
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But the reality is we have.
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Now, there's no excuse.
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They still gotta run their race.
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You still gotta run your race.
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But whoever wins this hundred dollars,
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I think it'd be extremely foolish of you
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not to utilize that and learn more
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about somebody else's story.
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Because the reality is,
if this was a fair race,
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and everybody was back on that line,
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I guarantee you some of these black dudes
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would smoke all of you.
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And it's only because you
have this big of a head start
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that you're possibly gonna
win this race called Life.
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That is a picture of life,
ladies and gentlemen.
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Nothing you've done
has put you in the lead
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that you're in right now.
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When I say go, on your mark, get set, go!
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If you didn't learn
anything from this activity,
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you're a fool.
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