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The thing is that it's always a constant reminder of how violent this country has been, always has been, you know. I'm… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
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According to today's Los Angeles Times, Gray Davis now gets negative job ratings from white people, black people, Latinos, Republicans, Independents and… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I was in South Africa, and Joe [Wright] asked the same exact question that you just asked: "Have you ever seen an… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
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Now, I was a fan of the simple pleasures in life: grilled cheese sandwiches without black flecks on the crust, jeans that… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Black is confusing. Where does the line start and stop with what is black and what isn't black? People that are mixed-race,… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
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When that devil's bullet lodged itself inside the body of Martin Luther King, he had already begun an astonishing mobilization of poor,… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
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The girl in the tight black dress was passing by us now, eyeing Wes and walking entirely too slowly. "Hi," she said,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
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The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
I may repeat 'Do as you would be done by' till I am black in the face, but I cannot really carry… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This will play right into Obama's hands. He's humanitarian, compassionate. They'll use this to burnish their, shall we say, 'credibility' with the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
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I certainly wasn't seeking any degree, the way a college confers a status symbol upon its students. My homemade education gave me,… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
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![“The thing is that it's always a constant reminder of how violent this country has been, always has been, you know. I'm still frustrated with these conversations: [Barack] Obama is black so that means this, that things are better, or it means that you voted for him because he's black.” quote by Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/61d/paul-beatty-6684_barack_the-thing-is-that-it-s-always-a-constant_2233528.jpg)
![“I was in South Africa, and Joe [Wright] asked the same exact question that you just asked: "Have you ever seen an episode of Black Mirror?" I went back and played the video for Joe. The episode that I did is called "Nosedive," and it was a year to the week from when I first watched it. It was just…” quote by Bryce Dallas Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e31/bryce-dallas-howard-10316_bizarre_i-was-in-south-africa-and-joe-wright-ask_122855.jpg)
![“Koopsta Knicca, Gangsta Boo, Lord Infamous and Crunchy [Black]. The name of the group is Da Mafia 6iX. So like I said we can't consider it a Three 6 Mafia reunion without all the members of the [group] being in it so we'll just say that it's a reunion of members of the Mafia that created a totally…” quote by DJ Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7d6/dj-paul-105155_black_koopsta-knicca-gangsta-boo-lord-infamous_985719.jpg)
