“You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens.” LooksHappensFansTypeBaseballSouthApathy Author:Mike Quade
“The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern?” LooksStillsSouthFasterSouthernStereotype Author:John Shelton Reed
“I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.” WorldLooksWholeReadingGrewTravelGrew UpSouthBottomMapsSouth AfricaEncyclopedia Author:Charlize Theron
“That's one of the biggest losses, I think, to African American families, is that people, once they left, they turned away from the South. They didn't look back, and they often didn't tell their children about it. They didn't want to talk about it. It was too painful, what they'd gone through and the caste system of the South, which was Jim Crow.” PeopleThinkingWantLooksChildrenLeftLossGoneSouthPainfulAfrican AmericanCrowCastesJim CrowAmerican FamilyCaste System Author:Isabel Wilkerson
“I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at South Carolina and he says, wow, what an amazing state that we have the blessing to live within because of the evolution.” KnowsWayYearsLooksCountryStatesEvolutionBlessingSouthEvolveWowGrandfatherMy GrandfatherCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Tim Scott
“I go to the favelas in Brazil. It's the same in the South Side of Chicago. It's the same, or just more violent. We're trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don't play. They make us look like nuns.” KnowsTryingYearsLooksPlayKidsSidesSouthNineViolentSellingChicagoDopeBrazilNunNine YearsFavelas Author:Quincy Jones
“At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!' Then I have said: 'Move your hands,' and I've said 'Look at your hands - different colors representing different people. You are the Rainbow People of God.'” PeopleLooksSaidDifferentSometimesHomeHandsBigsTogetherMovingBlackWhiteColorRaisesMeetingsSouthBlack And WhiteSouth AfricaRainbowDifferent PeoplesRepresentingDifferent Colors Author:Desmond Tutu
“I would like to flood South Africa with black personages of all sorts of persuasions: writers, educators, businessmen, you name it. If you are black and have any clout at all, I would like to see you go to South Africa and look for yourself and come back and try to use the tools that you have at your command to try and help the brothers down there.” IfsTryingLooksHelpingUseNamesBlackBrotherToolsSouthCommandSouth AfricaFloodBusinessmanPersuasionEducatorClout Author:Arthur Ashe