Michael Emerson Quotes

We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two groups try to get together, it's very difficult because they each feel like they have the right to their culture.

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• We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two groups try to get together, it's very difficult because they each feel like they have the right to their culture.

  

  Michael Emerson
  • Together
  • Feel Like
  • American Culture