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If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.

— Larry Elder

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My father grew up in an era when to be an American - a white American, at least - was to be yourself. In some respects, his generation was more ignorant, complacent, self-centered and parochial than mine.

— William T. Vollmann

As a father now, I wouldn't do what my dad did, because it left me feeling emotionally unstable as a kid. But he didn't do the things he did out of selfishness or malice.

— Anthony Kiedis

My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either.

— Madonna Ciccone

I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all.

— Anthony Horowitz

When I was growing up my mother would say, 'Your dad may have to learn about being a father because he lost his own and that would have affected him'.

— Tom Hooper

My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

— Jo Brand

Like my father, I don't want to see anyone mistreated, anything like that. I'm very racial-conscious because my father had a lot of, you know, challenges in the area of race. I'm very sensitive to that kind of issue.

— Natalie Cole

My father was interested in justice, always working for people who needed to be supported.

— Andy Serkis

✗Opposing Perspectives

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

— Lillian Hellman

My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life.

— Walter Mosley