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"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 ever
by 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 agoIt'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.