A Quote by Joe Thomas

Growing up in a predominantly white area of the predominantly white state of Wisconsin, it was, I'm sad to say, relatively easy for me to go through life without recognizing or reckoning with the obvious signs of racism.

Joe Thomas

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Joe Thomas
English - Actor
Born: October 28, 1983

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Alesha Dixon

Here's the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it's put in a category of being a black film. When other movies are done with a predominantly white cast, we don't call them a white film. I'm trying to remove the stigma off things they call black films.

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Perri Peltz

I grew up watching films of predominantly white families speaking in English, and that this represented the American experience.

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