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    exacerbated when there is an excessive use of force by the police. I'm appealing, quite frankly, to those persons who are very angry, to hold their anger a little longer, until we're able to bring a little justice here.

    first step towards racial reconciliation. It calls our attention to the need to be eternally vigilant.

    If four black police officers had fired 41 bullets at a white immigrant, it is unlikely that they wouldn't be found guilty of murder or reckless endangerment.

    That letter was not responded to, ... We are hopeful for an answer.

    The fact that ... this situation exploded as a result of this young man being killed unarmed has called the nation's attention to this, ... But people here in Cincinnati have known that this has been a problem.


    We have to measure the effect versus the intent, ... We are not trying to come up with remedies and cures. It's just discussion.

    When the television-viewing public sits down to watch the new prime-time shows scheduled for this falls lineup,

    This issue is crying out for advocates, ... and we expect advocacy from the White House and the Justice Department.

    This type of random violence is repulsive, and it must not be allowed to go unpunished,

    The new statements by the Adam's Mark are a move in the right direction, but actions speak louder than words, and we're still waiting for concrete action by the hotel.

    There ought to be a basic assumption that black people, Latinos, Asians, native Americans and women, for that matter, can do something other than carry bags, make beds and wash dishes,

    We believe, quite frankly, that our corporate friends ought to be rewarded with our business,

    While the eyes of the nation are on Washington, and on this inauguration, we've come back to Florida to say that we remember and we must not ever forget. These two events, simultaneously and noteworthy, produce for us an interesting juxtaposition. The contrast hearkens our attention to the need for a nationwide uniform system for casting ballots and counting ballots that's the same -- no matter what state you're in, no matter what you might look like, no matter what the election is.

    I think we've reached a point in our history as a people and as a nation that we've almost come full circle,

    Little Richard has distinguished himself as not only an unparalleled musical genius, but also as a unique and innovative performing artist -- fusing pure vocal talent with exhilarating showmanship,

    a society 200-plus years beyond its own revolution, that has failed to come to grips with the issue of race.

    We say never again, never again, to this kind of violence,

    Those who aren't caught up into this bigotry, this hatred, those who respect us when they see us. Then you have an obligation also, the good ones. To make sure you say to the others, that this blue wall of silence must come down and that everybody must be treated equally,

    That's because you want to have difficulty.

    To the casual onlooker, that said, 'Wait a minute, there really is a race here. There is something more here than what we've been hearing, which is 'He can't win. He can't win.

    Sen. Lott should resign from the position of majority leader-elect to make way for another member of the Republican Party whose moral compass is pointed toward improving race relations and not dredging up this nation's poor, polarizing performance of the past.

    Even if they're not reaching out to us, we're going to reach out to them anyway and involve them in a meaningful way. Because if we don't, we will fail to learn the lesson of a generation before us, that reached out for us and never let us go.

    I'm glad to know Mr. Steele has apologized for those remarks, and if the larger Jewish community is prepared to accept that, then we should move on.

    We will take every opportunity to inform consumers of our decision and urge them to make similar decisions to boycott those hotels who take their money but refuse to provide them economic opportunities,

    Their anger is justified, ... Their feelings of frustration are justified. We have an obligation to listen so that we don't repeat this situation in communities all across this nation.

    I know that gay bashing and immigrant bashing and union bashing at the end of the day rob us of our moral authority ....


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