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The progressive approach to policy which directly addresses the effects of white supremacy is simple.

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I think there’s a sort of, you know, very thin way of reading this that says, well, Barack Obama is biracial thus that gives him some understanding of both white America and black America, but that’s not really it.
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Is the Jewish race thriftier than the Arab race?
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In particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities.
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You don’t just get the good part. You get the bad part, too. You get all of it.
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Giving opportunities to other people, it’s only right that you might want to, you know, pay that back.
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[Grew up in Hawaii] that gave [Barack Obama] a kind of optimism, an ability to see things, you know, and frankly, an ability to trust, you know, in his fellow, you know, white countrymen in a way that I, for instance, you know, and the vast majority of black people I know never really could.
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The essence of American racism is disrespect.
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To prevent verifying stereotypes, we pledge to never eat a slice a watermelon in front of white people.
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Racism is, among other things.
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Talk about class and hope no one notices.
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An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of the future.
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I think the sad fact is, there’s a long history in this country at looking at African-American as subhuman.
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What I am telling you is that you do not need to know to love, and it is right that you feel it all in any moment. And it is right that you see it through–that you are amazed, then curious, then belligerent, then heartbroken, then numb. You have the right to all of it.
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Often ironic and self-deprecating – are always spoken that take on other meanings when uttered by others.
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[Winning the White House was an achievement], but as an African-American, [Barack Obama], I think the symbolism is in how he conducted himself.
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What I’m talking about is a national reckoning that would lead to spiritual renewal.
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