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Bryant family breaks firsts in Black community involvement

Bryant family breaks firsts in Black community involvement
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By Sahar Chmais
There is an instinctual phenomenon of “counting,” little known to those who are not Black.
“You know what I mean when I say counting,” Ray Bryant, Buda’s first Black city council member, asked. “Every black person knows what that means and that’s what we do. When we walk into a room we start counting and see how many other Black people are in there. It’s automatically in us.”
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