It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?
Boxing remains an important living metaphor of the struggle for equality.
Keep on being a star in your own right. Keep on defining yourself. Don't be defined by others.
The way racism works in Canada, it's very subtle. You may feel you're a victim of racism or have experienced racism, but you can't necessarily prove it - unless you get a [white] friend to go check out that rental, go check out that job, whatever. Unless you're willing to really dig to prove you're a victim of racism, it might be difficult to do that. And so what you're dealing with then is feeling, it's emotion.
The only good produced by the disappearance of Africville was the appearance of a conscious black nationalism … In this regard, Consecrated Ground is the heir of fierce, vengeful, and epic activism.
The early 20th Century was probably the high tide of global white supremacy - I'm going to call it that because that's how people thought of it - and to be specific, Anglo-Saxon supremacy: The idea that white Anglo-Saxon Protestants were at the top of the world, representing the highest achievement possible for all of humanity, with Darwin's theories being used to prop up this belief.
Sport is cultural. What the star athlete does helps to define the culture. What the star athlete does on a Canadian team, especially if he or she is Canadian, helps define Canadian-ness.
Come here. I need to hold on to you. " She felt the same way. And when there was no distance between them, it was like coming home.
Arm yourself, my heart: the thing that you must do is fearful, yet inevitable.
When the world is on your shoulder, got to straighten up your act and boogie down.
The greatest dramas in the world are all about sex, violence and death.