Henry Louis Gates Quotes

So, Mexico, Brazil, they wanted their national culture to be 'blackish' - really brown, a beautiful brown blend. And finally, I discovered that in each of these societies the people at the bottom are the darkest skinned with the most African features.

Henry Louis Gates

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• I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.

  

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• I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.

  

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• In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.

  

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• Among the old Norse, it was the custom for certain warriors to dress in the skins of the beasts they had slain, and thus to give themselves an air of ferocity, calculated to strike terror into the hearts of their foes.

  

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• Roger Goodell is doing his job. He's front office. Whatever he says goes, and I'll leave it at that.

  

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• One of the things I love about music is live performance.

  

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• People are following me because they want to see pictures of me. So why is Instagram editing them?

  

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• So, Mexico, Brazil, they wanted their national culture to be 'blackish' - really brown, a beautiful brown blend. And finally, I discovered that in each of these societies the people at the bottom are the darkest skinned with the most African features.

  

  Henry Louis Gates
  • People
  • Beautiful
  • Culture