A Quote by Talib Kweli

When I was a teenager, the way some of these kids out here be actively gay, it would have been ridiculed in the hood. And now the hood is a bit more accepting. Begrudgingly accepting, but definitely more accepting than 20 years ago when I was a little kid. That doesn't mean that anybody should stop fighting for equality just because people are begrudgingly a little more accepting.

Talib Kweli

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Talib Kweli
American - Musician
Born: October 3, 1975

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Robert Rauschenberg

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John W. Thompson

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Bob Brown

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Andrea Dworkin

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Michael Che

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Amy Adams

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Lindsay Lohan

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We have to serve God or guarantee the safety of the Jews. And this can be done by them accepting the Palestinians, recognizing the Palestinians, accepting that fact that they should live with the Palestinians in one state, together. Unfortunately, the Jews are fighting or struggling against their own friend - the Arabs.

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