"Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do."

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Source : Derrick Bell (2008). “Faces At The Bottom Of The Well: The Permanence Of Racism”, p.12, Basic Books

Derrick Bell

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“Society exists for the benefit of its members - not the members for the benefit of society.”
“After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.”
“Every age has its problem, by solving which humanity is helped forward.”
“But millions at one time, beyond gender or race, had their attention fixed on her, and with that power, she chose to flash the word "feminist" all over our TV screens. If that don't do nothin' but make people Google the word, then that should make every feminist in the world proud.”
“Woman, last at the cross, and earliest at the grave.”
“You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write.”
“We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”
“One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an artistic point of view.”

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