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It's something that black men still go through to this day, which is women clutching their purses, hitting the lock button on store, or just basic attitudes. And even as a U.S. congressman, as a black man, it is very, very frustrating, and you build up an internal anger about it that you can't act on.

~Cedric Richmond

Topics: About Act Anger Attitudes Basic Black Build Button Congressman Day Even Frustrating Go Hitting Internal Just Lock Man Men Something Still Store Through Up Very Which Women You

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I don't think Steve Scalise has a racist bone in his body. Steve and I have worked on issues that benefit poor people, black people, white people, Jewish people. I know his character.

~Cedric Richmond

Topics: Benefit Black Body Bone Character His Issues Jewish Jewish People Know People Poor Poor People Steve Think White Worked

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I want to burn as a beacon of possibility. I don't want nobody to misconstrue the commercial success I've had as anything other than an example of what black music is capable of. And what it's capable of is being more than just black. I'm not black or white anymore. I'm Cee Lo Green.

~Ceelo Green

Topics: Anymore Anything Beacon Being Black Black Music Black Or White Burn Capable Commercial Commercial Success Example Green Had Just More Music Nobody Other Possibility Success Than Want White

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I think, in the United States, we talk about race as a black and white issue... We're generally talking about it as if it's a binary equation whereas, in fact, there's more than two races and, in fact, those races blend together. There are a lot of different ways that people identify.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: About Binary Black Black And White Blend Different Different Ways Equation Fact Generally Identify In Fact Issue Lot More People Race Races States Talk Talking Than Think Those Together Two United United States Ways Whereas White I Think

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Let's stop reflexively comparing Chinese writers to Chinese writers, Indian writers to Indian writers, black writers to black writers. Let's focus on the writing itself: the characters, the language, the narrative style.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: Black Characters Chinese Comparing Focus Indian Itself Language Narrative Stop Style Writers Writing

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There's this sense that whiteness is the default and does not need to be questioned. That you've got a race if you're black, or any kind of Asian, or any kind of Native American, but that you have no race if you are white.

~Celeste Ng

Topics: American Any Asian Black Default Does Got Kind Native Native American Need Questioned Race Sense White You

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I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.

~Chad Hugo

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Napster was a black market for music. Ninety-nine per cent of the music that people were downloading was illegal because they didn't have the rights for it.

~Chad Hurley

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I took a private lesson, but it didn't really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

~Chad Smith

Topics: About Along Back Bands Black Black Sabbath Excited Favorite Getting Got Lesson Like Lot Me Out Playing Private Really Records Sabbath Thing Took Work Work Out Zeppelin

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That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

~Chad Smith

Topics: About Along Bands Black Black Sabbath Excited Favorite Getting Got Like Lot Me Playing Really Sabbath Thing Zeppelin

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