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Henry Louis Gates Quotes

I thought, why don’t we be innovative and create something nobody had ever done before? It was a huge hit and we immediately did a sequel with Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Tina Turner and Maya Angelou Picture Quote #1

My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I’ve got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him Picture Quote #1

In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it Picture Quote #1

My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip Picture Quote #1

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They’ll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school Picture Quote #1

You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That’s when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he’s 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you’re back to 1820 already. For an American that’s pretty damned good, you know? Picture Quote #1

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Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried Picture Quote #1

That’s what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are Picture Quote #1

I use African-American, because I teach African Studies as well as African-American Studies, so it’s easy, neat and convenient. But sometimes, when you’re in a barber shop, somebody’ll say, Did you see what that Negro did? A lot of people slip in and out of different terms effortlessly, and I don’t think the thought police should be on patrol Picture Quote #1

Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President Picture Quote #1

We really invented the genre of tracing family trees and going back as far as we could on the paper trail. When the paper trail disappeared, we used DNA analysis. The technology was just being invented that allowed you to trace ancestry through DNA Picture Quote #1

What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was the first black man in history to imagine that he could become president, who was able to make other Americans believe it as well. Other than that, he is a centrist, just like I try to be. He’s been bridging divisions his whole life Picture Quote #1

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My father, if anything, first and last, was a man of words. He loved stories; he didn’t live for stories, exactly, but I think he lived through stories. I think, like many writers, he loved stories about things he had experienced as much as, if not more than, he loved the experiences themselves Picture Quote #1

You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I’ve never had a black guest who was upset to learn about white ancestry that probably involved forced sexual relations Picture Quote #1

You have a diasporic black world, and the only way to put it back together again is symbolic. It’s like Humpty Dumpty. Whoever could edit the ‘Encyclopedia Africana’ would provide symbolic order to the fragments created over the past 500 years. That is a major contribution Picture Quote #1

Let’s face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth? Picture Quote #1

I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as ‘Tarzan Picture Quote #1

Everything my mother and father did was designed to put me where I am Picture Quote #1

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I have no plans to slow down Picture Quote #1

Diversity doesn’t mean black and white only Picture Quote #1

There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees Picture Quote #1

It’s fascinating how life works Picture Quote #1

Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice Picture Quote #1

First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is that we need a moral revolution within the African American community. Look - no white racist makes you get pregnant when you are a black teenager Picture Quote #1

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My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W. Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip Picture Quote #1

So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history Picture Quote #1

The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched Picture Quote #1

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph. D. They’ll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school Picture Quote #1

There haven’t been fundamental structural changes in America. There’s been a very important symbolic change and that is the election of Barack Obama. But the only black people who truly live in a post-racial world in America all live in a very nice house on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Picture Quote #1

In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it’s almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white Picture Quote #1

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I thought, why don’t we be innovative and create something nobody had ever done before? It was a huge hit and we immediately did a sequel with Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Tina Turner and Maya Angelou. (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) My father lived to be 97 and played bridge every day up to the end, so I’ve got a 50 percent chance of living a long life like him. (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it. (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip. (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They’ll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school. (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That’s when the ex-slaves first have surnames. But if you find your great-great-grandfather in 1870 and it says he’s 50, that means he was born in 1820 and you’re back to 1820 already. For an American that’s pretty damned good, you know? (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) Wherever you go in the history of America, there have been Black people making contributions, but their contributions have been obscured, lost, buried. (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) That’s what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are. (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) I use African-American, because I teach African Studies as well as African-American Studies, so it’s easy, neat and convenient. But sometimes, when you’re in a barber shop, somebody’ll say, Did you see what that Negro did? A lot of people slip in and out of different terms effortlessly, and I don’t think the thought police should be on patrol. (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) We really invented the genre of tracing family trees and going back as far as we could on the paper trail. When the paper trail disappeared, we used DNA analysis. The technology was just being invented that allowed you to trace ancestry through DNA (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was the first black man in history to imagine that he could become president, who was able to make other Americans believe it as well. Other than that, he is a centrist, just like I try to be. He’s been bridging divisions his whole life (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) My father, if anything, first and last, was a man of words. He loved stories; he didn’t live for stories, exactly, but I think he lived through stories. I think, like many writers, he loved stories about things he had experienced as much as, if not more than, he loved the experiences themselves (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I’ve never had a black guest who was upset to learn about white ancestry that probably involved forced sexual relations (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) You have a diasporic black world, and the only way to put it back together again is symbolic. It’s like Humpty Dumpty. Whoever could edit the ‘Encyclopedia Africana’ would provide symbolic order to the fragments created over the past 500 years. That is a major contribution (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) Let’s face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth? (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as ‘Tarzan (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) Everything my mother and father did was designed to put me where I am (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) I have no plans to slow down (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) Diversity doesn’t mean black and white only (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) It’s fascinating how life works (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is that we need a moral revolution within the African American community. Look - no white racist makes you get pregnant when you are a black teenager (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W. Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) So many people of color who made major contributions to American history have been trapped in the purgatory of history (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph. D. They’ll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) There haven’t been fundamental structural changes in America. There’s been a very important symbolic change and that is the election of Barack Obama. But the only black people who truly live in a post-racial world in America all live in a very nice house on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Henry Louis Gates Quotes) In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it’s almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white (Henry Louis Gates Quotes)

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