"You know what the most dangerous thing in America is, don't you Lamar? A nigger with a library card."
— Brother Mouzone, The Wire
Frank: You heard me. Just 'cause a black man tries to earn a decent wage in this state...
Linus: That has nothing to do with...
Frank: ... some cracker cowboy like you's gotta kick him out on the street. Want me to jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton? Won't let me deal cards, might as well call it whitejack!
Linus: That has nothing to do with...
Frank: ... some cracker cowboy like you's gotta kick him out on the street. Want me to jump down, turn around, pick a bale of cotton? Won't let me deal cards, might as well call it whitejack!
Anansi: A hundred years after you get free, you're still getting fucked out a job and shot at by police. You see what I'm saying?
[a slave shakes in rage]
Anansi: This guy gets it. I like him. He's getting angry. Angry is good. Angry... gets... shit... done.
[a slave shakes in rage]
Anansi: This guy gets it. I like him. He's getting angry. Angry is good. Angry... gets... shit... done.
Jeff Breckenridge: In the ‘60s, during the Newark riots, you could hear the looters shouting, "That was my 40 acres, I'll be back for the mule."
Josh: Catchy.
Josh: Catchy.
"Drink enough tea with them and stay out of the watermelon patch, and maybe our little colored girl'll grow up to be Miss America, is that it?... Why don't you wise up, Ruth? It's their world and we're just living in it!"
— Johnny Ingram, Odds Against Tomorrow
"I can't lash out like some raging, entitled maniac. That's a white man's luxury."
— Stan Edgar, The Boys (2019), "What I Know"
