Quotes of: African-americans Keyword

Congressman Berg will repeatedly talk about Harry Reid and Barack Obama, and I find it interesting, because this morning, when I woke up and brushed my teeth, I looked in the mirror and I did not see a tall, African-American, skinny man. So let's mak...

Heidi Heitkamp

As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely to yield a weapon as those of white New Yorkers - and a third less likely to yield contraband. Despite this eviden...

Bill de Blasio

There are so many people that don't come in contact with black men. Whether they live in a homogeneous area that's mostly white or whether they live in places where they don't have to come in contact with them. So what kind of contact do they have wi...

Ryan Coogler

When you do a film, you know you're shooting for 6 or 9 weeks, you've got your cast and crew. Overall, no one can just pull the plug and say, 'This isn't working.' There's just no security on television, especially for African Americans. It's a tough...

Vivica A. Fox

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North Amer...

William Labov

Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who came from white cultural groups that had also suffered in socio-economic terms from th...

Jim Webb

Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn thing about that. You think we're still fighting the Civil War or something. If you want to mention it in ...

Monte Irvin

My roots are African. The birds I remember, the fruits I ate, the trees I climbed, they're African.

Teresa Heinz

Charlie Allnut: [his stomach is growling] Ain't a thing I can do about it.

The African Queen

If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.

South African

The wrong-headed fool who refuses counsel, will come to grief.

South African

Joe Miller: Have you ever felt discriminated against at Wyatt Wheeler? Anthea Burton: Well, yes. Joe Miller: In what way? Anthea Burton: Well, Mr. Wheeler's secretary, Lydia, said that Mr. Wheeler had a problem with my earrings. Joe Miller: Really? A...

Philadelphia

We must learn from our struggles.

The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change

There's always a way if you're not in a hurry.

The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari

When the early Europeans first met Africans, at the crossroads of history, it was a respectful meeting and the Africans were not slaves. Their nations were old before Europe was born.

John Henrik Clarke

Not only do African students deserve excellent universities, they deserve good elementary and secondary schools, too - and then, to have access to ongoing vocational and job training to ensure their skills remain as relevant as possible to African or...

Richard Attias

I love my heritage! I have my mother, who is an Irish-Italian, and my father who is African, so I have the taste buds of an Italian and the spice of an African.

Alicia Keys

Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize.

Binyavanga Wainaina

Captain of Louisa: [Annoyed with Charlie and Rosie] I think I shall have to hang you twice.

The African Queen

Charlie Allnut: One thing in the world I hate: leeches. Filthy little devils.

The African Queen

Charlie Allnut: [skitting Rose] Can you make a torpedo? Well do so Mr. Allnut.

The African Queen