"It's impossible for 30 million black people to be violent against 170 million - we need a mental revolution, unity in coming together, and not physical."
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"It was a sphincter at the top of a black bowl. A fitting commentary on the FAYZ, Diana thought. A giant sphincter."
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"Sam, that's a great concept. And maybe you believe it. But I'm black and I'm a lesbian, so let me tell you: From what I know? Personal experience? There are always lines."
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"Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film."
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"I feel like the stillness of Ralph Angel - him being formerly incarcerated, being a Black man, being misunderstood in this world, I felt like that brought him to a place where he thought he had to be an observer - externally and internally."
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"As a young, Black man, I absolutely feel responsible."
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"The slaves were simply turned loose without any property. They were easily recognizable. They were black. They were suddenly free to go exploring."
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"The Circle Theatre, black people had to sit in the balcony. Any theater with a balcony, black people had to sit up there. Black people couldn't check into any hotel except their own. And black people couldn't eat anywhere except in their own restaurants."
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"One of the things I'm going to say out there is how grateful I am - and how grateful the world is - for the tremendous gift of the black people, of jazz."
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"I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted."
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"Richard Nixon was a criminally insane Monster - Bill Clinton is a black-hearted Swine of a friend."
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"Black seems to make a colour cloudy, but darkness doesn't. A ruby could thus keep getting darker without ever becoming cloudy; but if it became blackish red, it would become cloudy."
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