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“As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers. We're never the center of our history.”

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Amma Asante

Amma Asante is a British screenwriter known for her insightful exploration of racial and gender issues. Born in 1969, she developed an interest in filmmaking from a young age. Asante's work often focuses on the experiences of African-British individuals, and her scripts and films have been recognized both domestically and internationally. more

“You can take me and then you can take a blond white man with blue eyes, and you could say, "Fundamentally, they're different." And then I could talk to that white guy about the first time he lost someone close to his heart, and I could tell him about the first time I lost someone close to my heart, and I can guarantee you that at least 70 percent of the experienced feelings will be similar. We are human beings.”

Men Heart Different Feelings Eye Guy My Heart First Time Blue Eyes

Author:Amma Asante

“There are important differences that mean we appreciate each other, not tolerate each other. Race creates this idea that there's this massive difference. So when you use race as a means to explore politics, it's a very interesting way of looking at difference, yet similarities.”

Mean Important Interesting Appreciate Tolerate Very Interesting Similarity

Author:Amma Asante

“People assume thoughts and processes about you that may have nothing to do with you whatsoever, but they make political assumptions and assertions about who you are based on your choice of partner.”

People Political Choices Who You Are Assuming Assumption

Author:Amma Asante

“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”

Political Death Dies Politics Atheism Tyranny Tyrants Justification Martyr Martyrdom Metamorphosis Martyred

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