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the last line: They tried to get me to hate white people, but someone would always come along & spoil it.

• abrown28 10y ago
  I would like more backstory on that one.
  • tomdell 10y ago
    "When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been doing to Negroes, and for a while I tried real hard. But every time I got to hating them, some white guy would come along and mess the whole thing up." -- Thelonious Monk [1] It seems like he had some good personal interactions with white people. [1] http://www.musicwithease.com/thelonious-monk-quotes.html http://www.musicwithease.com/thelonious-monk-quotes.html
    • pessimizer 10y ago
      It's just very difficult to hate white people in general. There's so many of them, you can't help meeting great ones all the time.