Carolina QuotesOf course I'm a racist, just like Lyndon Johnson, like Kennedy, like Lincoln, like Washington, like all Negroes—because all Negroes are racist. Everybody who lives in America is either racist or will become one. One cannot stay neutral: one must stand on one side or the other, without mixing colors or ideas—white with white, black with black. Integration is impossible. We are not interested in it and don't want it.
H. Rap Brown Connected to the Carolinas
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as interviewed by Oriana Fallaci in The Egotists: Sixteen Surprising Interviews.
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“Of course I'm a racist, just like Lyndon Johnson, like Kenne…” H. Rap Brown. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-3CF7EB2CBE. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/3cf7eb2cbe
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