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American means white, and Africanist people struggle to make the term applicable to themselves with ethnicity and hyphen after hyphen after hyphen. – Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, 1992

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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow. – William Faulkner

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I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. I felt if I could take one lyncher with me, this would even up the score a little bit. – Ida B. Wells

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Freedom is never given; it is won. – A. Philip Randolph

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The time is always right to do what is right. – Martin Luther King,Jr.

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I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isnt willing to defend itself. – James Carville

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I was very studious, too much. I would never go out at weekends. I was very serious. You should have seen me in class – I was blushing and sweating every time the teacher asked me something. – Eva Green

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Gaming in general is a male thing. It isnt that gaming is designed to exclude women. Everybody whos tried to design a game to interest a large female audience has failed. And I think that has to do with the different thinking processes of men and women. – Gary Gygax

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