Culture Quote by Aldis Hodge

We [Americans] have a historical trauma when it comes to the past relationships when it comes to Native Americans and the history of how…

— Adam Beach

The American story is a story of great moments and dreadful moments.

— Alexis Denisof

“...I had come suddenly to pity them, for I understood how innocent and natural it was for them to behave abominably, and with such…

— Kurt Vonnegut

It was a good script [Something New]. We have not seen an interracial issue dealt with from a black woman and white man's perspective…

— Sanaa Lathan

I didn't have a knee-jerk reaction like some people did to the language and the violence. My stepfather was a history teacher at Lincoln…

— Jamie Foxx

“They were doing their best to live like people invented in story books. This was the reason Americans shot each other so often: It…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The Americans had a wide range of feelings about it, but there is no question about their bravery and patriotism. In the worst days…

— Mark Bowden

“I was angry about injustice--about the uncaring way the world works. I knew a lot of ordinary people had died that day, not because…

— Terry Hayes

“People reacted with hate and fear and then community by wearing American flag shirts, bandannas, crying, huddling, lost, and senseless. They packed the gymnasium…

— Eddie Huang

“The generations of lives, experiences, and voices of marginalized and silenced Americans offer an array of diverse interpretations of U.S. history that have largely…

— Clarence Lusane

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.

— Hope Davis

“I thought Beatrice Keedsler had joined hands with other old-fashioned storytellers to make people believe that life had leading characters, minor characters, significant details,…

— Kurt Vonnegut