Dick Gregory
Dick Gregory
Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregoryis an American civil rights activist, social critic, writer, entrepreneur, and comedian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth12 October 1932
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
laughing comedian make-me-laugh
Because you make me laugh don't make you a comic. A comedian is a person who, that's how they make their living.
thug white racism
So why would I want to call myself a conservative after the way them white racist thugs have used that word to hide behind? They call themselves new Republicans.
black done want
Black conservatives have a right to exist, but why would I want to walk around with a swastika on my shirt after the way Hitler done messed it up?
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When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete's feet don't exist, there's something wrong.
sports country voting
In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.
america drug world
America is 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 96 percent of the world's hard drugs.
belief certain knows
My belief is, you know, certain things have to be explained that's never been explained.
jobs white america
Being white is a job in America. You take that away, you better get the soldiers out.
rights justice dollars
Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon human rights.
rights white black
I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.
people moral manners
Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?
paper months cracks
I buy about $1,500 worth of papers every month. Not that I trust them. I'm looking for the crack in the fabric.
moon reality america
America is concerned more with the possibility of moon folks than the reality of hungry poor folks.
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It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.