"Black people are the magical faces at the……" — Derrick Bell

Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well.… - Derrick Bell

"Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a few levels above, gain their self-esteem by gazing down on us. Surely, they must know that their deliverance depends on letting down their ropes. Only by working together is escape possible. Over time, many reach out, but most simply watch, mesmerized into maintaining their unspoken commitment to keeping us where we are, at whatever cost to them or to us (Bell)."

— Derrick Bell

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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do… — Walter Bagehot
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. — Matsuo Basho
When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. — Henry Ward Beecher
I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do… — Ben Affleck
I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was… — Jo Brand
The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on… — Edward McKendree Bounds
One dumb-bell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumb-bell. Picture to yourself the unilateral development - the imminent danger of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I've had my fill of Hitler. These conferences called by the ringing of a bell are not to my liking.… — Benito Mussolini
... In contrast to the "banality of evil," which posits that ordinary people can be responsible for the most despicable… — Philip Zimbardo
Conceive a jelly-fish such as sails in our summer seas, bell-shaped and of enormous size - far larger, I should… — Arthur Conan Doyle
It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don't tell you… — Jack Handey

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