When you stand up in the morning, you look in the mirror and say, 'I'm black.' No. You wake up and you see yourself as a human being in the world, but you raise discussion and raise aggression, the anger that you confront every day of your life, whether you want to or not.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the human experience beyond racial identity, highlighting the daily struggles faced by individuals.
Raoul Peck's quote reflects the complexity of identity and the inherent challenges of existence. It suggests that one should first recognize their humanity rather than being confined to racial labels, acknowledging the societal anger and discussions that arise from such identities. The quote encourages a profound understanding of self that transcends skin color, urging a focus on universal human experiences.
In practice
In a speech about social justice, one might say, 'As Raoul Peck pointed out, we must see ourselves as human beings first, and not just by our race.'
It's not about the past; it's about knowing your history so that you can fight in the present. Otherwise, you don't know who the real enemy is, what the real issue is, because it had been covered by many layers of bad information, of lies, and manipulation.
As long as you are in that white privilege bubble, you don't need to see the world differently. You don't need to see the world through the eyes of minorities or women.
I tend to believe that film can try to save what still can be saved, in terms of our histories, our memories. Because a lot of things are disappearing very quickly, things are changing. We are living in very quick times, and we have a new generation who basically know nothing about events 30 years ago.
People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only by respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist.
But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish desires and schemes that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For love of money is the root of all of evil and some having pursued its power, fall from faith and end in sorrow.
I am transcribing a book that I have, in a sense, not yet written, and in another sense, have always written, and in another sense, am currently writing, and in another sense, am always writing, and in another sense, will never write.
My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind.
Dominique as Gail looks at her "... there is a stage of worship which makes the worshiper himself an object of reverence."
It's so disappointing, to put it mildly, that people know so much about my life. Because it means that they're always trying to look at my books in terms of my life.
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