“Well, you know, in the fundamentalist milieu of the Afrikaners, there was a sense that they were a chosen people, that they were bringing civilization to the blacks.”

— Nadine Gordimer

"The conscience of South Africa talks about her country's new racial order" (1998) by Dwight Garner

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South african Nobel-winning writer 1923–2014

Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) American illustrator and writer of children's books

On traditional Jewish faith, as quoted in "Concerns Beyond Just Where the Wild Things Are" by Patricia Cohen in The New York Times (9 September 2008) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/arts/design/10sendak.html?pagewanted=all

“I’m black British and I’m from London. And that in itself is something that the world doesn’t know about yet. I met American people – civilians of a first-world country – who were confused that there were black people in London. That’s why entertainment is so special, it’s a great chance to bring people together and open them up to things they haven’t seen before.”

John Boyega (1992) British Nigerian actor

On the importance of showing Black British people in “John Boyega: I've met Americans who don't know black people live in London” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/05/john-boyega-ive-met-americans-who-dont-know-black-people-live-in-london in The Guardian (2019 Dec 5)

“The writers of "Sanford and Son" were so brave in bringing their program to television. I mean, working with all those black people!”

Sarah Silverman (1970) American comedian and actress

Jesus Is Magic (2005)

“The Scots were thus truly a chosen people, highly favoured of the Lord!”

Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland

St Andrew's Day (November 30, 2007)

“At least black people knew when they were slaves; you remain clueless.”

Doug Stanhope (1967) American stand-up comedian, actor, and author

No Refunds (2007)

“I'll know how outraged I am when I know how many black people were on those flights.”

Al Sharpton (1954) American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, and television/radio talk show host

Attributed as a remark on The O'Reilly Factor on 13 October 2002. There was no episode of "The O'Reilly Factor" on this date.
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“To be Christian is to be one of those whom God has chosen. God has chosen black people!”

James H. Cone (1938–2018) American theologian

Source: Black Theology and Black Power (1969), pp. 139-140

“They were murderers and they still are, but policemen are like dogs on a leash.… The police function under political direction. They go after whoever they are sent after, and that's where the problem comes in.… Black people were moving out of their traditional position in America. Nobody knew what to do about it. The white politicians were confused, the blacks were confused.… the police were told to go out, stop those civil-rights marches … and they went out and did that. When you talk to police now who participated in that, you find out that they were in the same position we were in — just trying to find the right formula.”

Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998) American activist

Interview by Reason magazine (1986)
1980s

“You know, at parties, people always ask, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" Well, I don't have an alibi!”

Emo Philips (1956) American comedian

E=MO² (1985)

“Today there really aren't that many Fundamentalists left; I don't know if you know that or not, but they are such a minority; there aren't that many Fundamentalists left in America. … Now the word "fundamentalist" actually comes from a document in the 1920s called the Five Fundamentals of the Faith. And it is a very legalistic, narrow view of Christianity, and when I say there are very few fundamentalists, I mean in the sense that they are all actually called fundamentalist churches, and those would be quite small. There are no large ones.”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

As quoted in Myths of the Modern Megachurch at The Pew Forum on Religion (23 May 2005) http://pewforum.org/Christian/Evangelical-Protestant-Churches/Myths-of-the-Modern-Megachurch.aspx

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