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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
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
The three Klan leaders here in Maryland, Roger Kelly, Robert White, and Chester Doles - I became friends with each one of them - when the three Klan leaders left the Klan and became friends of mine, that ended the Ku Klux Klan in the state of Maryland.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of the media says, 'oh, black musician converts X-number of Klansmen.' I never converted one. But over 200 have left that, the white supremacy movements, because I have been the impetus for that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't consider myself to be a racist, but to me there's not much difference between a black racist or a white racist.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we did our first session in 1958. There were no black background singers - there were only white singers. They weren't even called background singers; they were just called singers. I don't know who gave us the name 'background singers,' but I think that came about when The Blossoms started doing background.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tony Williams, Billy Cobham and Lenny White; some of those guys were big influences on me.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.
- Eye
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a birthmark called nevus of Ota. It covers the whole white of my eye and darkens it. The square of the eye, the white part, is completely dark on my right eye, not just the iris.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neal Stephenson is great. He can write about a white wall for six pages, and it sounds fascinating. I read the whole 'Baroque Cycle' and 'Cryptonomicon.'
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why can't black women on stage tell stories that can affect white men in the audience?
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been eating tons of organic foods, staying away from processed sugars, white flours, and anything artificial. It's the same as my normal regime, but I'm being even stricter, because everything I put into my body is literally building this precious baby inside me.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
My very first live shot was from the White House lawn. I literally almost threw up. I was so scared out of my mind. It was horrible.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020