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When you were growing up in the 30s, 20s, of course the 40s, all black people at least in the Washington, D.C., area were required to live among themselves.

~Ed Smith

Topics: Among Area Black Course Growing Growing Up Least Live People Required Themselves Up Washington Were You

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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.

~Ed Smith

Topics: Before Black Business Business Owners Entrepreneurship Owners Philosopher Small Small Business Small Business Owners Washington T

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The Washington black community was able to succeed beyond his wildest dreams. I mean, we had our own newspapers, our own restaurants, our own theaters, our own small shops, our own clubs, our own Masonic lodges.

~Ed Smith

Topics: Able Beyond Black Black Community Clubs Community Dreams Had His Masonic Mean Newspapers Our Own Restaurants Shops Small Succeed Theaters Washington Wildest

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When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark.

~Ed Smith

Topics: Black Black Community Community Could Dark Embrace Entire Hue Light Man Means Pass Possibly Race Regardless Say Somebody Someone Very Whether White You

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The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that race is no longer the bond that it once was. That's one of the prices you pay for progress.

~Ed Smith

Topics: Black Black Community Bond Class Community Divided Divides Issues Itself Larger Longer Many Now Once Over Pay Prices Progress Race Way Ways White You

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Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.

~Eddie Bernice Johnson

Topics: Black Black And White Dallas Diversity Now Society Time White

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It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.

~Eddie Bernice Johnson

Topics: Activity Black Ground Stimulate Takes Vote

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I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you don't have to allow your skin to define who you are or how you operate your business. There's not one face to anything.

~Eddie Huang

Topics: Allow Anything Bamboo Black Brown Business Ceiling Define Face How Inspire Operate People Skin Wanted Whatever White Who Work Yellow You Your

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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.

~Eddie Huang

Topics: Been Black Culture Huge Huge Influence Influence Life My Life

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The studios gotta start making more stuff where black folks get quality stuff. But I can't trip about that because I've been making movies for 35 years, and I've played everything from an old lady to a donkey, so I can't be on here talking about, 'They don't give us enough roles' and diversity.

~Eddie Murphy

Topics: About Because Been Black Diversity Donkey Enough Everything Folks Get Give Gotta Here Lady Making Making Movies More Movies Old Old Lady Played Quality Roles Start Studios Stuff Talking Trip Us Where Years

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