” A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people. “
” Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city. “
” Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war. “
” Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don’t mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network. “
” For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event. “
” I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people. “
” I’m always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else’s contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we’re demons. “
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