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"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."
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"If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism."
"Not all 'whites' are racists. Not all racists are 'white."
"In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'"
"We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?"
"The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery."
"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?"
"Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst."
"It's a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president."
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"Liberals believe they own the franchise on minorities and can't stand any Hispanic or black who breaks rank."
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"The United Nations was founded in the aftermath of World War II, just as the world was beginning to learn the full horrors of history's worst genocide, the Holocaust that consumed 6 million Jews and 3 million others in Europe."
"For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people."
"Choosing one's leaders is an affirmation that the person making the choice has inherent worth."
"The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target."
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