31 Quotes by Margaret Walker




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    White folks needs what black folks got just as much as black folks needs what white folks got, and we's all got to stay here mongst each other and git along, that's what.

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    Only ways you can keep folks hating is to keep them apart and separated from each other.

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    Racism is so extreme and so pervasive in our American society that no black individual lives in an atmosphere of freedom.

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    You is born lucky, and it's better to be born lucky than born rich, cause if you is lucky you can git rich, but if you is born rich and you ain't lucky you is liables to lose all you got.

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    A writer needs certain conditions in which to work and create art. She needs a piece of time; a peace of mind; a quiet place; and a private life.

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    You is born lucky, and it’s better to be born lucky than born rich, cause if you is lucky you can git rich, but if you is born rich and you ain’t lucky you is liables to lose all you got.

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