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Justin Simien Quotes

American - Director | May 7, 1983 -

I find myself listening to Blood Orange and Janelle Monae and artists like that.

Myself Listening Find Blood Orange

I don't doubt that straight white men have identity issues and identity complexes and struggle with defining themselves.

Struggle Men Identity Doubt White

The further away you get from being a straight white man, the less freedoms you have to figure out who you are and negotiate what you mean to society.

Man Society You White Mean Out

You know what, man, that's part and parcel of being a black person in this country: everything's harder. It just is.

Man Black You Country Person Know

Any time a black person has the audacity to tell everybody else that they're also human beings, they are confronted with all kinds of malice and violence and ill will. It's been that way since black people were brought to this country.

Time People Black Violence Person

I think we all have identity crises throughout our lives.

Identity Think Our I Think Our Lives

For whatever reason, gay characters, or characters that deal with sexuality issues, who are black, in 'black films'... are typically not dealt with with any sort of complexity. They're exoticized: their being gay is sort of the point.

Black Gay Reason Whatever Point

There are a plethora of ways of being black, just like there's many ways to being white.

Black White Being Just Like Many

There is a difference between being offended and being prejudiced and even being bigoted against. There's a difference between that and racism.

Racism Offended Difference Against

Black people are experiencing a systemic disadvantage, and it goes back to slavery, which was not that long ago.

People Slavery Black Long Back Goes

When you're part of a society where you're constantly having to define your identity and sort of negotiate with what the mainstream culture thinks you are, you have less energy and time to figure out who you are when you go home at night.

Home Time Culture Identity Energy

We get caught in our little silos and end up working against ourselves. And I think social media culture really encourages that, because you're really just shouting into a void hoping someone picks up on what you're saying.

Culture Social Media Saying Think Up

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