American - Writer | October 7, 1966 -
You'd never know it from reading the rest of the Native writers, but Indians actually grew up with American pop culture.
Sherman Alexie
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I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and social positions, and minorities. I think that the political power of, let's say, the average Indian man and a white woman are pretty equal.
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You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.
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Nostalgia is always doomed and dooming.
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The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more.
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My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures.
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All art is exploitation.
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The people who loved me when I was seven years old love my books, and the people who didn't like me when I was seven years old don't like my books.
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White Americans have a short memory.
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My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.
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My career means, if you're a non-Indian writing about Indians, at least there's one Indian in your rearview mirror.
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There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social and political reasons.
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