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Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
My mom God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont W.Va. and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip and I was Little Skip.
Quotes By Henry Louis Gates
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The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and...
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Well certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is...
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My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They...
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The African American's relationship to Africa has long been ambivalent at...
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But you see our society is still trapped in this binary black/white logic...
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I knew that there were black people in Africa of course unfortunately...
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The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we...
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The only people who live in a post-black world are four people who live in a...
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Wherever you go in the history of America there have been Black people...
Quotes About Mom
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My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
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Whether it's a 16-year old girl or a mom or a guy or anybody as long as...
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Our songs touch people and take them back to a time when there was no threat...
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At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and...
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I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.
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When you have lost people like I lost my birth mom at a young age and you...
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I was fortunate enough to have my kids early so being a mom always ended up...
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I love what I do and I think it shows. As my kids get older they can see me...
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Then you've got Georgetown and I really just like everything about them....