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I do not believe that poverty is equal to degradation. For me, color restores people’s dignity.
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The speaker rejects the idea that being poor automatically strips a person of dignity. “Color” is presented as something that can restore or express that dignity, suggesting that color has an important humanizing power. The statement separates material poverty from personal worth: lacking money does not make someone degraded, and color can help people be seen with greater respect.
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