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Enid 2022-04-21 09:01:16

Under the guise of humanity and freedom, the U.S. exploits and destroys other nations and races. It is too evil. In the guise of God, it is used to deceive and oppress. He is just one of countless such black people. He succeeded, but I don't know how many black people in the shadows have suffered similar failures. They have been squeezed to the last drop of their lives and have no chance to regain their freedom. Only those who are alive and successful can write stories. This is an extremely dirty history that all Americans and most Chinese have learned in history textbooks, but when translated into real footage, we realize how naive and ridiculous our imaginations are.

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12 Years a Slave quotes

  • Clemens: If you want to survive, do and say as little as possible. Tell no one who you really are and tell no one that you can read and write. Unless you want to be a dead nigger.

  • Robert: I say we fight.

    Solomon Northup: The crew is fairly small. If it were well planned, I believe they could be strong armed.

    Clemens: Three can't stand against a whole crew. The rest here are niggers, born and bred slaves. Niggers ain't got the stomach for a fight, not a damn one.

    Robert: All I know, we get where we travelling we'll wish we'd died trying.

    Clemens: Survival is not about certain death, it is about keeping your head down.

    Solomon Northup: Days ago I was with my family, in my home. Now you tell me all is lost. "Tell no one who I really am" if I want to survive. I don't want to survive, I want to live.