It is not possible to erase racism just because African-Americans have reached a level of financial success and crossover appeal.

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Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving. - Rita Moreno

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I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned. - Rita Moreno

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When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful. - Rita Moreno

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We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism. - Huey Newton

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When I was a little girl, there was no Variety Latino. When I was a little girl, there was no nothing. There were very few roles for people like myself. - Rita Moreno

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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.

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Racism will disappear when it's no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it'll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.

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Racism is an excuse used for capitalism. ― Fred Hampton

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You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. — Joe Biden

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