Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites enslaved other whites in Europe for centuries before the first black was brought to the Western hemisphere. Asians enslaved Europeans. Asians enslaved other Asians. Africans enslaved other Africans, and indeed even today in North Africa, blacks continue to enslave blacks.

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I am a black diamond, unfaceted. Black diamonds are rare, hard to cut, and therefore uncommercial.

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When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself. - Deng Xiaoping

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To get rich is glorious. - Deng Xiaoping

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Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big. - Deng Xiaoping

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We talk of a rainbow nation - in a country that remains dichotomized between black and white. We must acknowledge that the rainbow, in fact, is still a dream. -Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

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Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.

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Let some people get rich first. - Deng Xiaoping

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Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step. - Deng Xiaoping

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