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You mean to tell me that Jamaicans invented sugar, reggae and the best drug on Earth and the white man makes all the money!?

— Chris Rock Never Scared (2005)

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You can't beat white people, you can only knock them out.

There's black people, and there's niggers. And niggers have got to go. Every time black people wanna have a good time, ign'ant-ass niggers fuck it up.

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