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It’s not easy being young and black in Oak Park

Lent has just ended, and this time of year always gets me thinking — what am I grateful for? Sure, I’m thankful that I’ve got a wonderful family, a fridge full of food, a tank full of gas, and some incredible friends. But, upon thinking about one of these friends, a young man named Gregory, I started to realize that I was grateful for just one more thing: that I’m not a young black man in Oak Park.

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