"Anything that could be conceived of that would separate black people from white people was devised and codified by someone in some state in the South. There were colored and White waiting rooms everywhere, from doctor's offices to the bus stations, as people may already know."

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Source : "Great Migration: The African-American Exodus North". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 13, 2010.

Isabel Wilkerson

#Doctors Quotes #White Quotes #People Quotes

“I know certain roles are important to me. I know that I really want to play them. I know I can do a good job. But I can never put into words why”
“I say what's on my mind. I go after what I want.”
“Don't try to get all your rewards on earth. There are more rewards in Heaven.”
“I never thought I was a bad person. I just thought I was the one good person living in a world of bad people.”
“Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: "I knew him when -”

Source : Arthur Guiterman (1929). “Song and laughter”
“Painting a young maiden is similar to cavorting with great abandon. It is the finest refreshment.”
“The crime part is the engine that moves the narrative and allows me to write the other things I want to write about.”
“One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation. It speaks about our interconnectedness. You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality - Ubuntu - you are known for your generosity. We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World. When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity.”

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