Quotation
Quote by Harry Belafonte
I think the history of race is deeply embedded in the DNA of our country.
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The speaker means that the history of race is not a minor or separate part of the country’s story. By comparing it to DNA, they present it as deeply woven into the country’s basic makeup and difficult to separate from what the country is. The statement emphasizes lasting importance rather than a brief or isolated episode.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- The Washington Post
- Format
- Article
Explore the idea
Topics
Join the community
Keep meaningful words close.
Save quotes, follow people and topics, join conversations, and publish words of your own.
Conversation
0 comments
No comments yet.
Start the conversation about this quote.
““Magnificent, Magnificent! Magnificent ancient people, magnificent Chinese cinema, and magnificent new views of Chinese ancient costume films!””
“You have given me a strong and clear mandate — to make Quebec a country.”
“Podstawą materialną narodu jest ziemia, przemysł i handel. Kto ziemię, przemysł i handel oddaje w ręce cudzoziemców, ten sprzedaje narodowość swoją, ten zdradza swój naród.”
Read quote“Român e țăranul, eu sunt boier moldovan.”
“This, and whatsoever I myself observed, after attaining years of discretion, for thirty or forty years, I laid up in the strong box (of my memory), and that I have written.”
“Аз съм дълбоко убеден, че каузата на България не е загубена.”
“«جريدة لبنان في الوطن العربي وجريدة الوطن العربي في لبنان»”
“Dans l’identité de la France, Paris est à la fois une mémoire et une espérance.”
“For your own sakes, never appear ashamed that your father was a kaffir (Black man), and that you inherited African blood. It is every bit as good as that which flows in the veins of my fairer brethren.”
“Si no levantamos al país entre todos, vamos a seguir en esta situación que no beneficia a nadie.”
Color Between the Lines
After a mismatched batch of bicycle frames shakes Mara’s confidence, an unlikely class of young planners helps her discover a more generous way to make—and teach—beautiful things.
Read Story