a string of words

Felix 2022-03-15 08:01:02

What impressed me the most was the line of a black man who appeared only once, which shocked me.

"I am not a dancer. I am a pimp and a thief and a gambler. that's what I do. I don't have no talent to dance. I can't get my foot into cotton club where my people, black people, are the stars. Why? Because I am black. There's only two things I could do in this world. One is to stay black the other is to die. The white men only left me the underworld and that's where I dance. Sandman,where do you dance?"

Although you can't choose a black birth, you can choose a wonderful life.

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The Cotton Club quotes

  • Dixie: I'm surprised at you! Don't you feel anything for Mr. Flynn at all? He's dead!

  • Vera: Mr. Flynn was a bootlegger. That's how they live in this world. Maybe one day you'll wise up, sap!