"But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem."

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"But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem."

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"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was white. Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"

Stephen King, American Author

Race, Identity, Truth, Power, Happiness

"I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

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"Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"A 'white' kid that asks too many questions is called 'curious.' A 'black' kid that asks too many questions is called 'forward.'"

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"There is nothing like race, is there?"

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Race, Nothing, Equality, Identity

"I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win."

Mark Spitz, American Athlete

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"It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered."

Damon Hill, British Athlete

Race, Years

"The great want of our race is perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what is right and true."

Catharine Beecher, American Educator

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"In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year."

Baron Hill, American Politician

Race,

"Race relations never improve in war time; they always worsen. And it is when the boys come home the Ku Klux Klans are organized. I believe with George Schuyler that the only really feasible way to improve the general situation of the American Negro is to convince more and more whites that he is, as men go in this world, a decent fellow, and that amicable living with him is not only possible but desirable. Every threat of mass political pressure, every appeal to political mountebanks, only alarms the white brother, and so postpones the day of reasonable justice."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."

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"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was *white.* Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"

"I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race."

"Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists."

"A 'white' kid that asks too many questions is called 'curious.' A 'black' kid that asks too many questions is called 'forward.'"

"There is nothing like race, is there?"

"I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win."

"It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered."

"The great want of our race is perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what is right and true."

"In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year."

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"It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser."

"Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much."

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"The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor."

"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place."

"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."

"Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow."

"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."

"When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners."

"If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding."

"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was white. Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"