This was the first manuscript I had ever written and when I began to compose it in 1986, I intended to just emphasize the injustice to Blacks and the Black racism I experienced in Vietnam. Because I was still dealing with the war within me, I buried this manuscript. But in 1995, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior. Soon after, I realized that the only reason I am here today is because God was with me, thus I had to share my inward war.
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