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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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And it's not attending marches,
and it's not going to lectures,

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and it's not giving money
to the NAACP.

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Just what do you want from us?
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I want you to check this out,
that's what I want.

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Come and see our show,
Be Black Baby.

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Listen, we know all about this.
This is nothing new to us.

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Intellectual experiences don't have
nothing to do with physical experiences.

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You think we're unimaginative?
We've been all through this.

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It's not about your imagination.
It's about what you live, lady.

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And you can't intellectualize it,
you understand? You have to live it.

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It isn't a matter of intellectualizing.
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That's what you just said...
you have a good imagination.

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Come on, I'll owe it to you,
you bastard!

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...well, of course there are.
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- You have anything to do with them?
- But of course.

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Like what?
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We see them in the morning,
we say hello to them,

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just like to anybody else.
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Look, there are now scholarships.
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If you want to take advantage
of the situation now...

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You gotta kiss somebody's ass
to get a scholarship.

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Oh, come on.
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A large part of your clients
are black, aren't they?

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Yes.
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Can I ask you
if you ever feel guilty...

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I mean, if your conscience
ever bothers you?

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Never at all.
Never at all, my friend.

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Do you know, do you have
any idea what I'm talking about?


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