Hi, Mom!
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...black in America?
Why not?

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You live in America,
why can't you learn to be part of it?

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'Cause I'm not black.
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Well, now you can find out
what it's like to be black.

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I'd like to talk to you. You have
the kind of face that looks like...

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- No, I'm real busy.
- You are busy?

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Why are you so busy you don't want
to know what it's like to be black?

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- Sorry. So I'm busy.
- You're very busy?

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Do you have black people
in your neighborhood, sir?

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Excuse me, sir, do you know
what it's like to be black in America?

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- Say what?
- To be black in America.

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- Yes. I do.
- You do?

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Would it interest you
to learn more about black people

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and how it is to be
black in this society...

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to go through the experience?
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I don't know
what are you talking about.

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Excuse me, sir, do you know
what it's like to be black in America?

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You've got to go back to work?
Are there any black people at your job?

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Black people have been
imitating white people for so long,

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they know how to act like you all act,
so, I mean, what's your whole problem?

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Why can't you go through
the black experience?

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I don't have any problem. I don't care
if you're green, blue, or yellow.

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We know.
We understand that.

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That's an admirable attitude.
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Have you ever thought about what
it would be like to be a black woman?

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She doesn't look black.
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It's a question of
understanding it from the inside

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as opposed to understanding it
from the outside.

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It's easy to say,
"I live next door to somebody."

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That's just saying that you're liberal.
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I'm not a liberal, I'm a radical.
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I mean, you know,
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you're not talking to a white liberal
walking around the Village.

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You know, we have been
on many marches in Harlem.

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We've done lots of things.
We haven't been born today, you know.

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All of intellectual white America's
been on marches

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and given to the NAACP
and attended lectures.

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How do you expect to be
where you are now if we don't help you?

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- I'm not saying that.
- We know why we're here.

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Because you
helped us stay there. Right.

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You have an obligation
if somebody's a human.

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Well, of course. I understand that.

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