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I want women and girls of African descent and of color to be able to not have to keep searching for stories about themselves.

~Danai Gurira

Topics: Able About African Color Descent Girl Keep Searching Stories Themselves Want Women Women And Girls

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I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.

~Danai Gurira

Topics: Actor African Descent Generally Love Other People Who Women Writing I Love

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I want to see women of African descent shine.

~Danai Gurira

Topics: African Descent See Shine Want Women

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We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent.

~Esai Morales

Topics: American Any Anyone Anyone Else Descent Else Just Latin Other

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Crossing the Penobscot, one found a visible descent in the scale of humanity.

~Francis Parkman

Topics: Crossing Descent Found Humanity Scale Visible

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All sorts of other lies are being spread today, I do not know what else they will invent. I've heard that I'm of Jewish descent, but I found, I knew of my ancestors in Zagorje from around 350 years ago, and I said, maybe it would be good to have some of that, I guess I would be richer, I might not have become a Communist.

~Franjo Tudjman

Topics: Ancestors Around Become Being Communist Descent Else Found Good Guess Heard Invent Jewish Knew Know Lies Maybe Might Other Richer Said Some Sort Spread Today Will Would Years Years Ago

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From my experience, I would say no: actors of East Asian descent don't get the opportunities white actors do. I know that's inherently a problem in a country that produces a lot of period drama, but I have to fight so hard to get parts that don't have something to do with China.

~Gemma Chan

Topics: Actor Asian China Country Descent Drama East Experience Fight Get Hard Inherently Know Lot Opportunities Parts Period Problem Produces Say Something White Would

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