Henry Louis Gates Quotes
Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with.
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Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
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My life was a sort of series of random disasters.
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Making a Different Choice Gives You the Opportunity to Live a Different Life.
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An inch of gold can't buy an inch of time.
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Color categories are on steroids in Latin America. I find that fascinating. It's very difficult for Americans, particularly African-Americans to understand or sympathize with.
Henry Louis Gates