Race, let's remember, is a social invention and a cultural identification, not a biological reality.

If I’d known Ashton wanted my attention at any point I would have pushed Nicole aside and
given her my undivided attention. But most of the time she was wrapped in Sawyer’s arms and I needed
the distraction Nicole provided.

It is the one orderly product our middling race has produced. It is the cry of a thousand sentinels, the echo from a thousand labyrinths; it is the lighthouse which cannot be hidden the best evidence we can give of our dignity.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.

Their identification is not confirmed.