Famous Quotes | The trouble with our people is...

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn’t want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give ‘em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass. - Alice Walker
Attribution: Alice Walker (b. 1944), U.S. author, critic. Pa, in The Color Purple, p. 155 (1983).

Categories: African Americans, Author, Critic

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