“When you've been raised in care, rap music isn't just about guns and sexism. They're talking about real things you can hang on to, problems of identity that you have sympathy with. It's not just about the music, with rap: when I was in care, it meant a whole lot more than that.” RealWholeProblemCareTalkingIdentityMusic IsGunRaisedRapSexismSympathyReal ThingsRap Music Author:Samantha Morton
“The oneness of the universe, and the oneness of each element of the universe, repeat themselves to the crack of doom in the creative advance from creature to creature, each creature including in itself the whole of history and exemplifying the self-identity of things and their mutual diversities.” SelfWholeUniverseCreativeIdentityCreaturesElementsDiversityIncludingOnenessRepeatsMutualCracksDoomSelf Identity Book:Process and Reality Source: Process and Reality
“Freedom and diversity guard each other, and if a country could form the whole of one's character, Napoleon III and Victor Hugo would have been the same person... if national identity means anything, it means something that comes with you wherever you go, and stays with you no matter how long you stay away.” IfsMeanPersonsLongHas BeensCountryMatterWholeCharacterFormDestinyIdentityDiversityNational Identity Author:Clive James
“I look white to a lot of people. And I'm not. I'm African-American. I'm mixed. I like to call myself Mulatto because that definition fits. So, you know, I've dealt with the conflict my whole life between how I look and my actual ethnic and racial identity.” PeopleKnowsLooksWholeWhiteIdentityFitConflictDefinitionsWhole LifeAfrican AmericanRacial IdentityMulattoes Author:Mat Johnson