Quote by Alex Haley
My fondest hope is that Roots may start black, white, brown, red,

My fondest hope is that Roots may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall. – Alex Haley

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When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth. – Alex Haley

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Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics. – Alex Haley

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Theres always hope. You can lose everything else in the world, but Jews never lose hope. – Jonathan Sacks

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War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. Its been that way for a very long time. I hope itll change, but its a matter of forcing that change. – Idris Elba

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A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope. – Thomas Carlyle

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