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Pam Grier

"Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then."

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"Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then."

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"Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when I first heard that. I think part of the reason that improvisation has never been popular with African-Americans is that it isn't popular in the inner cities."

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"I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist."

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"There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is."

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"I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion."

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"When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic."

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"Being black, I'm involved in the reparations movement. It's focused toward the African-American audience. We could begin to heal."

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"I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African."

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"Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate."

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"Does a black person make them an African American? No. There are Hispanics that are very, very dark skinned so the word has lost its meaning, it's not a very concise or proper word to use even today and it wasn't then."

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"Republicans have called for a National African-American Museum. The plan is being held up by finding a location that isn't in their neighborhood."

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Pam Grier
"I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves."

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Pam Grier
"Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are."

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Pam Grier
"And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration."

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Pam Grier
"I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people."

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Pam Grier
"Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them."

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Pam Grier
"I love the hip-hop nation."

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Pam Grier
"It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers."

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Pam Grier
"Well, thank you and that's for them, but for me, I want to look back at a body of work where when you do the research and you explore the psyche of a character, where she's been, where she is and where she's going."

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Pam Grier
"I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl."

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Pam Grier
"I love science fiction."

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