Ethnicity quotes
302 ethnicity quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: The Brother from Another Planet
“You're black. You're not even a nigger. You're an African.”
- La trovi in Career in Cinema
“I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.”
- From the movie: To Kill a Mockingbird
“Atticus says cheating a black man is ten times worse than cheating a white.”
- From the movie: Lawrence of Arabia
“No Arab loves the desert. We love water and green trees. There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.”
- From the movie: Blinded by the Light
“Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still experience it because we're a part of the African race. If it happened to one, it happened to all. We carry that burden.”
- From the movie: Bad Boys for Life
“We're not just black, we're cops too! We'll pull ourselves over later!”
- From the movie: Live by Night
“- Joe Coughlin: Can you tolerate an Irishman in your crew?
- Maso Pescatore: This is America. I've lived worse.” - From the movie: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
“- Mildred Hayes: So how's it all going in the nigger- torturing business, Dixon?
- Dixon: It's 'Persons of color'-torturing business, these days, if you want to know. And I didn't torture nobody.” “I'm really excited about this generation of young women that can look at a screen and see some brown people in space.”
- From the movie: Flower Drum Song
“- Madame Liang: I am happy to be both Chinese and American.
- Wang Chi-Yang: You are like the Chinese dish the Americans invented. What do they call it?
- Wang Ta: Chop Suey.
- Wang Chi-Yang: That is it. Everything is in it. All mixed up.
- Madame Liang: I like that.” - From the movie: Flower Drum Song
“- Madame Liang: What did he look like?
- Wang Chi-Yang: Who?
- Madame Liang: The robber.
- Wang Chi-Yang: Dont ask me what he looked like! All white men look alike!” - From the movie: If Beale Street Could Talk
“Who do you funky niggas think you are?”
- From the movie: If Beale Street Could Talk
“- Fonny: It don't seem to me like there's a reason to treat two Negroes so nicely. I mean, clearly we ain't got a pot nor much of a drink to make piss with. Pardon my French.
- Levy: Look, man, with me it's pretty simple. I dig people who love each other. Black, white. Green, purple. It doesn't even matter to me. Just spread the love, you know?” “Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.”
- From the movie: Baby Doll
“Mrs. Meighan, I'm a Sicilian! You know, we're a very old race of people, an ancient race, and ancient races aren't trustful races by nature.”
“Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.”
- From the movie: Green Book
“- Tony Lip: I don't make the rules down here.
- Dr. Donald Shirley: No? Then who does?
- Tony Lip: You're saying just 'cause I'm white and they're white? You know, that's a very prejudiced thing you just said there. A very prejudiced thing. I got more in common with the Hymies at 2nd Avenue Deli than I do with these hillbilly pricks down here.” - From the movie: Undercover Brother
It's time to unleash our secret weapon; I call it "Black-man's Kryptonite".
- From the movie: BlacKkKlansman
“- Patrice Dumas: Are you down for the liberation of black people?
- Ron Stallworth: Power to the people.
- Patrice Dumas: All power to all the people.
- Ron Stallworth: That's right, sister.” - From the movie: Celtic Pride
- From the movie: BlacKkKlansman
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