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• I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was an effective voice of the voiceless, an effective hope of the hopeless.

  Whitney M. Young

  Thinking, Voice, Hopeless

  "Independent Lens (The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. February 18, 2013.

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• Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where injustice reins, all are unequal.

  Whitney M. Young

  Hermano, Odio, Hombres

  "Independent Lens (The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights)". TV Series, www.imdb.com. February 18, 2013.

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• Es mejor estar preparado para una oportunidad y no tenerla que tener una oportunidad y no estar preparado.

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  Inspirational, Opportunity, African American

  "Independent Lens: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights". TV Series, 2013.

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• Black Power simply means: Look at me, I'm here. I have dignity. I have pride. I have roots. I insist, I demand that I participate in those decisions that affect my life and the lives of my children. It means that I am somebody.

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  Children, Mean, Pride

  "Character: Whitney Young". "Independent Lens", TV Series, www.imdb.com. (1999– ).

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• Apoya a los fuertes, infunde valor a los tímidos, recuerda a los indiferentes y advierte a los contrarios.

  Whitney M. Young

  Courage, Strong, Giving

  "Character: Whitney Young". "Independent Lens ", TV Series (1999– ). "The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights", www.imdb.com. 2013.

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• You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences and plot a course. There must be strategies, the researchers, the professionals to carry out the program. That's our role.

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  Plot, Roles, Able

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• Stretch your mind and fly.

  Whitney M. Young

  Mind, Mindfulness

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• Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job, or a slum mother battling to give her kids a chance for a better life. But white is beautiful, too, when it helps change society to make our system work for black people also. White is ugly when it oppresses blacks-and so is black ugly when black people exploit other blacks. No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin.

  Whitney M. Young

  Beautiful, Mother, Jobs

  Whitney M. Young (1969). “Beyond Racism: Building an Open Society”

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• No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin.

  Whitney M. Young

  Race, Color, Black History

  Whitney M. Young (1969). “Beyond Racism: Building an Open Society”

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• La brecha insalubre entre lo que predicamos en Estados Unidos y lo que a menudo practicamos crea una podredumbre moral que corroe los cimientos mismos de nuestros ideales y valores democráticos.

  Whitney M. Young

  Practice, Democratic Ideals, America

  Whitney M. Young (1964). “To be equal”

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• El poder negro no se consigue cantándolo. Se consigue haciendo lo que los otros grupos han hecho. Los irlandeses se callaron. No gritaron "poder irlandés", "poder judío", [o] "poder italiano". Mantuvieron la boca cerrada y se hicieron con el departamento de policía de New York y la alcaldía de Boston.

  Whitney M. Young

  New York, Italian, Cities

  ""Independent Lens/ The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights"". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2013.

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• El trabajo más duro del mundo es estar en paro.

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  Work, Unemployment, World

  "Independent Lens. The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2013.

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• El peligro es que la gente confunda lo que es básicamente un cambio de vocabulario con un cambio de comportamiento, prácticas y actitudes. Aunque prácticamente todos los estadounidenses han aprendido a hablar de forma inofensiva, no son suficientes los que han aprendido a pensar de forma diferente ni a actuar de forma positiva.

  Whitney M. Young

  Attitude, Mistake, Thinking

  Whitney M. Young (1964). “To be equal”

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• Creamos un entorno en el que está bien odiar, robar, engañar y mentir si lo vestimos con símbolos de respetabilidad, dignidad y amor.

  Whitney M. Young

  Amor, odio, mentira

  Whitney M. Young (1964). “To be equal”

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• Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.

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  Distance, People, Problem

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• Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

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  Use, Invention, Ability

  Whitney M. Young (1964). “To be equal”

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• El negro es bello cuando se trata de un niño de un barrio marginal que estudia para entrar en la universidad, cuando es un hombre que aprende nuevas habilidades para un nuevo trabajo. . . .

  Whitney M. Young

  Beautiful, Jobs, Children

  Whitney M. Young (1969). “Beyond Racism: Building an Open Society”

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