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People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I'm black. They could do the same just because I'm American.

Frank Ocean

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Frank Ocean
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: October 28
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