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“I just hope that young people in this country do not take their citizenship for granted. And I hope that they realize what was paid for it—literally and figuratively, what paved the way for them to be free. And that freedom isn’t comfortable . . . [T]here’s this quote from Toni Morrison and I didn’t realize she got it from [James] Baldwin. The quote was, ‘Your crown has been bought and paid for. Your ancestors already gave it up for you. It’s already done. Now you can love yourself. It’s possible.’”