- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
White Quotes
Honest reflections on identity and race.
This collection gathers personal reflections on racial identity, including memories of growing up in a mostly separate community and the ongoing search for roles that were written with a different actor in mind. It connects to broader conversations in our Black quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- African Americans
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the White Sox, when we do stuff, everybody's opinion is asked for, is given and then decisions are made on just about everything.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was no match for Barry White. His music is just going to live forever. It's not limited to disco or soul or hip-hop or anything.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't sing white; I don't sing black - I sing Bronx. When I sing 'Ruby Baby,' I'm rolling like Jimmy Reed. I wanted to communicate like Hank Williams and groove like Jimmy Reed.
- Bootleg
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- Nov 07, 2020
I put out this record on Ninja Tune called 'Florida' when I was about 22. And at the same time, I was DJ'ing and beginning to mix stuff up and promote shows in Philadelphia and New York and my own parties and make mixtapes, put out bootleg white labels.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd worked in the state senate in college and seen how important legal decisions were. And at the last minute, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said, 'Why don't you come do an internship?' That turned into almost 15 years in the government, in the White House, and at the State Department.
- Neighborhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.'
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'
- Attitude
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, I always say white is not a colour, white is an attitude, and if you haven't got trillions of dollars in the bank that you don't need, you can't be white.
- Civil Rights Movement
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020