316 Quotes About Blacks

  • Author Ed Renwick
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    Blacks got used to winning, and whites got used to losing. Now with all of this upheaval, some blacks think that maybe they're not going to win, and some whites think they're going to win.

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  • Author Ed Renwick
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    A lot of whites thought there would not be another white mayor. And blacks thought there always would be a black mayor. Now they are starting to rethink their position.

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  • Author David Sanford
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    Whites and blacks have a right to work in an environment free of discrimination. The goal of this lawsuit is to protect that right.

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  • Author Ed Smith
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    Many of the master chefs in the South, both the upper South as well as the deep South, were blacks and many of those people came here to Washington, D.C., and opened up establishments. Very, very few of them have survived. But they certainly were very prominent.

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  • Author John Smit
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    We're going to Dunedin to win the Tri-nations, not to defend it. We do not want to wait another week to see what will happen in the match between the All Blacks and the Wallabies. It is probably the worst thing in the world to wait and see if you are going to win the trophy. We must make sure we retain the title ourselves.

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  • Author Russell Simmons
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    These blacks here today see the poverty and ignorance that is keeping us at a certain place. They know where the forces are, and they will come together and force our government to respond to the poverty and ignorance that's rampant in our country.

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  • Author Ann Taylor
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    I don't mean to offend, ... but whites just didn't see that blacks should be included in the history.

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  • Author Gareth Thomas
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    It's been a difficult series but we didn't give up. If you look at the series as a whole we weren't the better team. The All Blacks deserved it.

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  • Author Scott Turow
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    I grew up on the north side of Chicago, in West Rogers Park, an overwhelmingly Jewish neighborhood. When I was 13, my parents moved to Winnetka, Illinois, an upper class, WASPy suburb where Jews - as well as Blacks and Catholics - were unwelcome on many blocks. I suffered the spiritual equivalent of whiplash.

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