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As an ambiguously non-white actor, I've been able to play light-skinned African American guys, Latinos, and I don't think that I've ever had to play some kind of ethnic stereotype or something that was typed specifically for a person of color.

~Daniel Sunjata

Topics: Able Actor African African American American Been Color Ethnic Ever Guys Had Kind Latinos Person Play Some Something Specifically Stereotype Think

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The history of the African American community is one of enduring, relentless struggle with a vision of accepting nothing less than full social and economic equality.

~Danny K. Davis

Topics: Accepting African African American American Community Economic Enduring Equality Full History Less Nothing Relentless Social Struggle Than The History Of Vision

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If you're African American, you are forced into making different choices, in a lot of cases, than you are as a white person.

~Daryl Hall

Topics: African African American American Cases Choices Different Forced Lot Making Person Than White You

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Asian Americans are the same as African American, Hispanic Americans, anyone: we deserve to be respected, too.

~Dat Nguyen

Topics: African African American American Anyone Asian Deserve Hispanic Respected Same Too

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Philosophically, Dubois may have had no problem with a great African American institution. On the other hand, he always believed ultimately in the co-mingling of groups and the interplay of talents and in the collaboration of groups.

~David Levering Lewis

Topics: African African American Always American Believed Collaboration Great Groups Had Hand He Institution May No Problem Other Philosophically Problem Talents Ultimately

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The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.

~Dionne Warwick

Topics: About Act African African American American Artists Civil Civil Rights Economic Justice Musicians Right Rights Time

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African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.

~Don Lemon

Topics: African African American African Americans American American History Because Build Country Helped History Really

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My stepmom's from Somalia, my baby sister is African American, my dad was always English, I'm a white man... You may have noticed.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: African African American Always American Baby Dad English Man May Noticed Sister Somalia White You

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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.

~Edward James Olmos

Topics: African African American American Asian Asian American Between Going Indigenous Know Latino Understand Way

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Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before the miracle comes. Everyone's career ebbs and flows, especially if you're African American. That's the time to dig in and keep your instrument sharp.

~Erik King

Topics: Actor African African American American Before Career Dig Everyone Flows Give How Instrument Keep Know Minutes Miracle Read Say Script Sharp Time Up Want You Your 15 Minutes

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