When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lu

When Negroes are average, they fail, unless they are very, very lucky. Now, if youre average and white, honey, you can go far. Just look at Dan Quayle. If that boy was colored hed be washing dishes somewhere. – Annie Elizabeth Delany

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