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"In the biological sense, race does not exist."
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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.'"
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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!"
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"There is nothing like race, is there?"
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"The Goddamn human race deserves itself, and as far as I'm concerned it can have it."
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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."
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"I'm quite excited to think that I will run the Olympic race here next year."
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"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."
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"My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000."
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"The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged."
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"We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable."
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"All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students."
Students

"The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant."
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"The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters."
Woman

"We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism."
Racism

"I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life."
Life

"Affirmitive action is extremely complex because it appears in many different forms."
Action

"We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954."
History

"The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor."
Social Class

"The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath."
Social Class
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