"We should not be post-racial: seeking to get beyond the uplifting meanings and edifying registers of blackness. Rather, we should be post-racist: moving beyond cultural fascism and vicious narratives of racial privilege and superiority that tear at the fabric of "e pluribus unum."

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Source : Michael Eric Dyson (2009). “April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America”, p.231, Basic Books

Michael Eric Dyson

#Uplifting Quotes #Moving Quotes #Tears Quotes

“Unfortunately, gambling and winning don't often go hand-in-hand.”
“How much filth there is in the church, even among those who, in the priesthood, should belong entirely to Him. How much pride, how much self-sufficiency.”
“I try not to question the good things.”

Source : "Cate: John Edwards is 'an incredible father'" by Scott Stump, www.today.com. October 14, 2016.
“On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I 'step aside' as CEO of GM, and so I have.”

Source : "Wagoner's words show how far we've come" by Dan Roberts, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2009.
“There's so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks if you want to give yourself a chance to win. I'm prepared to do it; it's just a matter of if I can make it work.”
“Several people feel I have photographed God. May be.”
“It is very deplorable that North Korea still does not uphold human rights, which are universal values.”
“Nobody ever tells me to give them a pass or anything. My job is to score goals, and if I don't shoot the puck, I can't score goals.”

Source : "Ovie speaks out on Crosby, Caps' Cup hopes and that $124M deal". Interview with David Amber, sports.espn.go.com. February 7, 2008.

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