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The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.

I think race is very important. I think generally speaking, we've to face the general problem, which is that we are seeing more children coming out of families which simply don't give them adequate resources for their development.

I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.

While it is desirable to build up the colored race, we must not sacrifice our best and purest white friends.

I think that affirmative action programs can be very important.

If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.

It's important for people of colour to have the opportunities to play characters that are as nuanced - as three-dimensional, as human - as the characters who we traditionally see getting to play the protagonist. The good guys and the bad guys. The reason that is important is because it's a better reflection of the reality of the world we live in.