"The essence of American racism is disrespect."

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Source : "The Case for Reparations". www.theatlantic.com.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#Essence Quotes #Racism Quotes #Disrespect Quotes

“Those who decided to stick with her would be her true friends. The others would just be scenery.”
“The way things happen on social media is so abusive and everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allowing this misinterpretation and shaming culture on social media to persist.”

Source : "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. March 20, 2015.
“You can't drink too many otherwise you can't see what you're throwing at.”

Source : "Small Talk: Eric Bristow". Interview with Nick Harper, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2003.
“Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally unacceptable.”

Source : "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer", www.edition.cnn.com. May 8, 2005.
“Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren't our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?”
“Well, we'll know better next time.”
“The parallels between making love and giving birth are clear, not only in terms of passion and love, but also because we need essentially the same conditions for both experiences: privacy and safety.”
“Sometimes on the basketball court or on the football field, you enter this place called 'The Zone.' You're not supposed to acknowledge when you're in 'The Zone,' but when you are, you simply cannot be stopped.”

Source : Victor Cruz, Peter Schrager (2012). “Out of the Blue”, p.5, Penguin

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