When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if you're average and white, honey, you can go far. Just look at Dan Quayle. If that boy was colored he'd be washing dishes somewhere. — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
There are certain stereotypes that are offensive. Some of them don't worry me, though. For instance, I have always thought that Mammy character in… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
It always seemed to me that white people were judged as individuals. But if a Negro did something stupid or wrong, it was held… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
I think I'm just as good as anyone. That's the way I was brought up. I'll tell you a secret: I think I'm better! Ha! I remember being aware that colored people were supposed to feel inferior. I knew I was a smart little thing, a personality, an individual - a human being! I couldn't understand how people could look… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share
When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if you're average and white, honey, you can go far. Just… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
I'm a hundred-and-one years old and at my age, honey, I can say what I want! — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so bad.… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
[My mother told me:] You must decide whether you want to get married someday,or have a career… I set my sights on the career.… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
“I thought I could change the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can't change the world. I can only… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
Once in a while, God sends a good white person my way, even to this day. I think it's God's way of keeping me… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
I am a colored woman or a Negro woman. Either one is OK. People dislike those words now. Today these use this term African… — Annie Elizabeth Delany Copy Share Image
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