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I agree with Jordan Maxwell, I agree with him because the evidence for this quote can be found back then during the times of slavery. When slavery was an everyday thing, slaves were not allowed to learn and go to school, they were supposed to be deprived of these things that the white folks would get for a reason. The reason is that whenever someone becomes educated, they know what should and shouldn’t frighten them, the know the extent of one's ability, and once they began to teach themselves they became unstoppable and were able to receive independence for

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