“Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.” AmericaBlackEnglandIndependenceDemocraticFranceIndianLatinProgressiveRepublicHeritageMexicoLiberatedLatin AmericaColonyBarbaricDemocratic Republic Author:Carlos Fuentes
“In England, in France, in no other country would a black man have a chance to get elected. There's no two ways about it. Our country [USA] has been better about dealing with immigration and people who are different from each other than any other country in the world, that I know of.” PeopleKnowsMenWorldWayHas BeensTwoDifferentCountryBlackChanceEnglandImmigrationOur CountryFranceUsaOther CountriesTwo Ways Author:Randy Newman
“There is no ordinary run of mankind, there are only individuals who are totally different. And whether a man is naked and black and stands on one foot in Sudan or is clothed in some kind of costume in a bus in England, they are still individuals of entirely different characters.” MenKindStillsDifferentCharacterRunningIndividualBlackFeetMankindOrdinaryEnglandNakedBusCostumesDifferent CharactersSudan Author:Evelyn Waugh