Quotes about American culture

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Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the — Tim Wise
...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most person — Tim Wise
But show business has always been like that - any kind of show business. If these people didn't live intense and rather — Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister
My children are monsters, Kiro thought. And I am responsible. Perhaps if I had read them the haikus of Basho when they w — Christopher Moore, Coyote Blue
America isn't breaking apart at the seams. The American dream isn't dying. Our new racial and ethnic complexion hasn't t — Pew Research Center, The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Alice is fictional. This isn't. — Jess C. Scott, Zombie Mania: A Zombie Apocalypse Parody
If "RACE" becomes the norm, then harmony will not prevail. — Henry Johnson Jr, Liberian Son
Pop culture. Nobody does bullshit better than us. Right? China took over manufacturing. And the Middle East has us on fo — Damon Suede, Bad Idea
[N]ow that I am drawing to the close of this work, in which I have spoken of so many important things done by the Americ — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions ar — H.L. Mencken
Their constant outward-looking, their mania for radios, cars, and a thousand other trinkets made them dream and fix thei — Richard Wright, Black Boy
Spare the rod and spoil the Memorial Day rotisserie. — Brian Spellman
...citizens of the U.S. live under an Empire of “evil doers” who have set themselves juxtaposed to humanity instilling i — Steven Storm
Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show bu — Neil Postman