The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past…

Barack Obama
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past. ✨ Barack Obama (2007). Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, p.434, Broadway Books
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past. ✨ Barack Obama (2007). Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, p.434, Broadway Books

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