"What most impressed me about Cuba was the optimism."
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"I believe in life. And I have seen the death parade"
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"Cubans understand that theirs is a country that provides sanctuary for people fleeing oppression. As a nation, they are very proud of this stance. They don't care how much the U.S. government badgers or attacks them."
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"The attitudes of many police organizations were extremely negative to the prospect of Rap, and many officials weren't afraid to say that they were against it. To them, Rappers were just criminals waiting to get caught."
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"Theory without practice is just as incomplete as practice without theory."
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"Racism had grown out of slavery and exploitation and was very hard to eradicate quickly and completely."
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"I'm crafting a vision of my life that involves creativity. And Cuban society allows me to do this. I know it's harder in the U.S. where so many people are just grateful to have a job."
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"I own no TV stations, or Radio Stations or Newspapers. But I feel that people need to be educated as to what is going on, and to understand the connection between the news media and the instruments of repression in Amerika. All I have is my voice, my spirit and the will to tell the truth. But I sincerely ask, those of you in the Black media, those of you in the progressive media, those of you who believe in true freedom, to publish this statement and to let people know what is happening. We have no voice, so you must be the voice of the voiceless."
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"I had to adjust to living in a Third World country, which means that things people in the U.S. take for granted-like hot running water whenever you turn on the tap-are not always available."
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"I miss friends and family. If it weren't for visits from old friends and other African Americans I meet who come to Cuba, I'd probably be in some kind of time warp."
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"The U.S. doesn't recognize the laws of Cuba. They can kidnap anybody and bring them back to the States to face the so-called justice system. There's no telling what the U.S. government will do to me. I'm in constant danger; I guess I've gotten used to it."
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"Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role."
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"I worked, studied, mothered and continued to be an activist. I found that Cuba was much different from the US; its government was genuinely trying to erase racism."
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"I think that one of the great things that the Cuban revolution has done is preserve history."
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"I realized that I was connected to Africa."
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"This planet is a wonderful place, but a vulnerable place."
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"Unless you are addressing the issues people are concerned about and contributing positive direction, they'll never support you. The first thing the enemy tries to do is isolate revolutionaries from the masses of people, making us horrible and hideous monsters so that our people will hate us"
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"I think that people who want to change this planet have to seriously understand that as human beings we have to work to be good."
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"I think it's really hard to plan if you don't believe you can implement those plans."
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"I have advocated and I still advocate revolutionary change"
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