#middle

The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is increasingly separate from the black underclass. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within 'black community' by and large. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#affirmative #affirmative action #black #black community #certainly

A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#brings #conversation #dearly #essentials #how

Put simply, the Bush administration policy in the Middle East is continuing to fail. ↗

— Jerome Corsi

#bush #bush administration #continuing #east #fail

Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground. ↗

— Dustin Diamond

#get #ground #middle #middle ground #music

In the middle 1940s... I heard everyone live. Painting, the theater; everything was happening. It was an exciting time when New York was the place to be. ↗

— Bill Dixon

#everything #exciting #exciting time #happening #heard

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#critically #education #grants #higher #higher education

I was in the middle of the golf tournament trying to make birdies and I was just having a blast. So that probably qualifies as having a greater appreciation. ↗

— David Duval

#blast #golf #golf tournament #greater #having

I don't have any children, I have four middle-aged people. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#children #four #i #middle-aged #people

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#i #illinois #middle #right #state