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title: "6 Racial Lines Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“and subordinate groups are defined along ethnic and/or racial lines, and where the relationship is established and maintained to serve the interests”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-pericles-trifonas/and-subordinate-groups-are-defined-along-ethnic-and-or-racial-lines/)

[Peter Pericles Trifonas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-pericles-trifonas/)

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> [There are still forces in America that want to divide us along racial lines, religious lines, sex, class. But we've come too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/there-are-still-forces-in-america-that-want-to-divide-us-along-racial/)

[John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/)

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> [Nobody thought in racial lines. At least, not in our neighborhoods. Everybody looked out for everybody else. Each mother took it upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-uggams/nobody-thought-in-racial-lines-at-least-not-in-our-neighborhoods/)

[Leslie Uggams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-uggams/)

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> [It's very important for me to have dialogues across racial lines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-nottage/it-s-very-important-for-me-to-have-dialogues-across-racial-lines/)

[Lynn Nottage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-nottage/)

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> [I want to pave the way for little girls and little boys who look like me. That's not to draw any racial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-staley/i-want-to-pave-the-way-for-little-girls-and-little-boys-who-look-like/)

[Dawn Staley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-staley/)

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> [“This kid was writing saying that they were breaking down some of the racial lines in their towns and communities, because their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-holman/this-kid-was-writing-saying-that-they-were-breaking-down-some-of-the/)

[Michael Holman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-holman/)

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