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Johnny: [talking in front of his class] I blamed those black kids, and I blamed this school, I blamed the cops; I blamed everybody. I was gonna hurt everyone else the way they hurt me. I look at you guys and .. I see myself. But you guys don't have to make the same mistakes I did. You don't have to be victims.
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[last lines]
Nate Foster: I'm so proud of you, Johnny.
Johnny: You know what they say. It all begins with the word.
Nicholas Chase Applegate
Extended Reading
