J. August Richards Quotes

The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.

J. August Richards

J. August Richards

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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

Ralph W. Sockman
- Courage
- Tolerance
- Test
From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.

W. E. B. Du Bois
- Men
- Black
- Day
I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

Oprah Winfrey
The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- People
- Good
- American
I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.

Queen Latifah
- Action
- Star
- Actor
Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.

Karl Lagerfeld