#lack

The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#black #caribbean #history #indian #latino

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#america #back #backward #barbaric #because

Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing. ↗

— Annette Funicello

#black-and-white #days #experience #found #images

It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later. ↗

— Antoine Fuqua

#because #black #colour #director #dumb

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#anything #blackest #end #endure #last

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#among #arms #blackest #british #depriving

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything. ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

#black #call #just #me #want

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline. ↗