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"We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease."
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"If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism."
"We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease."
"Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff."
"You get so used to being hit you find you're always waiting for it. (...) How can I say what it feels like? I don't know. I know everybody's in trouble and nothing is easy, but how can I explain to you what it feels like to be black when I don't understand it and don't want to and spend all my time trying to forget it? I don't want to hate anybody - but now maybe, I can't love anybody either - are we friends? Can we really be friends?"
"A vision of cultural homogeneity that seeks to deflect attention away from or even excuse the oppressive, dehumanizing impact of white supremacy on the lives of black people by suggesting black people are racist too indicates that the culture remains ignorant of what racism really is and how it works. It shows that people are in denial. Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings about blacks (they could have such feelings and leave us alone) but because it is a system that promotes domination and subjugation?"
"Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence."
"Not all 'whites' are racists. Not all racists are 'white."
"The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy, and he concludes from this that the black is good for nothing but shining shoes."
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"If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society."
"Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education."
"I don't think the Gallup Poll technique is going to be very helpful in determining the goals of our educational system."
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