Bush, send your son! He's got something
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from the savings and loans. That's something worth fighting for. [Meanwhile], we can't write a S10 check without it bouncing—what do we check without it bouncing—what 6 SOCIALIST ACTION FEBRUARY 1991 people that are going to die disproportionately are Blacks and Hispanics and from other areas of the world of our people of color.
And they don't give a damn about our boys and girls. And I say that we've got to join forces with Chuck [Turner, head of the Greater Roxbury Workers Association and another speaker at the meeting] and everybody else.
They say that our youth represents 30 percent of the population, but they represent have to fight for!' this machine.
'Cause the rich are not going. And those who are effective, they ain't going. And I say to the president, I'll go if you're in front of me. I can't trust him; I've got to make sure he's in front. I'll go if you make the draft age 50, I'll go if your net worth is a hundred thousand or more. I will go. But as long as Black folks' net worth is $4,320.00, I can do better than that begging on Columbus Avenue-I will not go! There is nothing to fight for!