Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.
John LegendMass incarceration is a policy that's kind of built up over the last four decades and it's destroyed families and communities, and something we need to change. And it's fallen disproportionally on black and brown communities, especially black communities, and it's kind of a manifestation of structural racism.
John LegendWhy wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?
John LegendWe're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's difficult for people to persist through that.
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