“I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors.” PeopleWantI CanHandsBlackParticularFolksGravesHeritageAncestorImplicationsSpitConfederateSoutherner Author:John Shelton Reed
“I try to keep deep love out of my stories because, once that particular subject comes up, it is almost impossible to talk about anything else. Readers don't want to hear about anything else. They go gaga about love. If a lover in a story wins his true love, that's the end of the tale, even if World War III is about to begin, and the sky is black with flying saucers.” IfsWorldWantLoveTryingWarEndsStoriesWinningBlackImpossibleSkySubjectsParticularReaderLoversCome UpFlyingTalesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War IDeep LoveGagaFlying Saucers Book:Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut Source: Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
“Nice distinctions are troublesome. It is so much easier to say that a thing is black, than to discriminate the particular shade of brown, blue, or green, to which it really belongs. It is so much easier to make up your mind that your neighbour is good for nothing, than to enter into all the circumstances that would oblige you to modify that opinion.” MindBlackOpinionNiceParticularCircumstancesEasierBlueGreenDistinctionBrownShadeNeighbourTroublesomeMake Up Your Mind Book:Scenes of Clerical Life Source: Scenes of Clerical Life
“I always tell young people in particular: Do not say that nothing's changed when it comes to race in America, unless you lived through being a black man in the 1950s or '60s or '70s.” PeopleMenAmericaYoungBlackRaceChangedParticularRace In America Author:Barack Obama
“Always underdress. The goal is not to look as if you made an effort for the particular event. If you can dress for a different party (i.e., wear black tie to a cocktail party, or tennis clothes for lunch), so much the better. You give the impression of being much in demand.” IfsGivingLooksMadeDifferentGoalBlackPartyEffortEventsParticularDemandClothesDressesImpressionTiesTennisLunchCocktailsCocktail PartiesBlack Tie Author:Lisa Birnbach
“Eliminate irrelevant and inaccurate comunications about what it means to be male or female, black or white, young or old, rich or poor, disabled or temporarily able-bodied, or to hold a particular belief system.” MeanAbleYoungBeliefBlackWhitePoorRichParticularFemaleMalesIrrelevantDisabledBelief SystemsBlack Or WhiteRich Or Poor Author:Rosalie Maggio
“Radical militant feminist believes that women of color and Black women in particular have written the cutting edge theory and really were the individuals who exploded feminist theory into the directions that has made it more powerful. So I see us as the leaders not just of Black people and Black women in terms of feminism but in terms of the movement as a whole.” PeopleBelieveMadeWholeIndividualBlackTermPowerfulLeaderCuttingWrittenFeminismMovementParticularColorTheoryEdgesFeministMade ItRadicalBlack PeopleBlack WomenMilitantCutting EdgeFeminist Theory Author:Bell Hooks
“Mainstream medias representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black mens lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation.” IndividualNationsBlackStageParticularCapableAssumptionMainstreamRepresentationGuerrillas Author:Aberjhani
“I think kids in Europe have developed a deeper knowledge of music and of black music in particular. You go to Europe, and these kids know about all this obscure funk and soul that kids over here wouldn't know. I think it's getting better in the States, though, with the age of the Internet.” ThinkingKnowsSoulStatesKidsAgeBlackParticularInternetEuropeDeeperGet BetterObscureFunkBlack Music Author:Lenny Kravitz
“It will be difficult if people can't get past their prejudices; I don't mean Black and White; I mean people automatically assume because a film has a predominantly Black cast, that it is a particular quality of film.” PeopleIfsMeanPastFilmDifficultBlackWhiteQualityParticularPrejudiceAssumingCastsBlack And WhiteMean People Author:Romany Malco
“No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies that make them fascinating and that's how I tend to approach a character.” CharacterBlackWhiteParticularApproachFascinatingBlack And WhiteIdiosyncrasies Author:Cary Elwes