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However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but more different from other dialects. ↗

— William Labov

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This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways, and it is more different from standard English than any other dialect spoken in continental North America. ↗

— William Labov

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I'm proud to be an American. I'm proud to be an African American in America. I've had some interesting experiences: some great, some not so great, but I love it here. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

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People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

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There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is. ↗

— Edward James Olmos

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I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships. ↗

— Tim Robbins

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I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada over their belief that we have not adequately responded to their desires to become more educated and more productive citizens. ↗

— James E. Rogers

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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large. ↗

— Jack Kemp

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Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to take a page out of their notebook. ↗

— Ben Nighthorse Campbell

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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

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