Interracial Couple Quotes

• You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

  Joe Biden

  Racism, Racist, Dunkin Donuts

  "Biden explains Indian-American remarks". www.nbcnews.com. July 7, 2006.

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• I give interracial couples a look. Daggers. They get uncomfortable when they see me on the street.

  Spike Lee

  Couple, Racism, Giving

  "Spike Lee Hates Your Cracker Ass" by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, www.esquire.com. October 1992.

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• I see interracial couples all the time in Nashville. I'm a Jew in Nashville. I'm a gay person in Nashville. It's a non-issue in most of the time. That's a huge leap forward.

  Janis Ian

  Couple, Gay, Nashville

  "Janis Ian's Controversial 'Society's Child'". Interview with Tony Cox, www.npr.org. March 2, 2009.

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• I am the comedy version of ambidextrous. I'm working with my left and right hand. I'm the two-sided coin. I'm all of those metaphors you can think of. I'm the interracial couple. I'm BET and CBS.

  J. B. Smoove

  Couple, Thinking, Hands

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• I mean, a lot of people don't realize it, but fashion is one of the most racial industries left out there now. Radio and music aren't. Television and movies aren't. Even commercials now are showing interracial couples. You see a lot of diversity in TV shows, but you don't see that in fashion. You think there would be some, because the consumer is of all colors and all shades. But you don't see that in fashion.

  Tyson Beckford

  Fashion, Couple, Mean

  "Tyson Beckford on Modeling, Zoolander, and Racism in the Fashion Industry". Interview with Jonathan Evans, www.esquire.com. January 17, 2014.

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• My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it's about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn't. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don't take what they have for granted.

  Kevin Hart

  Couple, Kids, Opportunity

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