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And, then, the old man preached about the daily indignities of the old south— insulting stereotypes and caricatures that portrayed us as buffoons, butlers, and beasts; lies about our morality and worth, some told by preachers who said we had no souls, that we wore the Curse of Ham; backbreaking toil, often forced by law, the fruit of our labor on another man’s plate; poverty that warped, crippled, and everywhere premature death; our voices silenced by poll taxes and literacy tests; schooling in raggedy shacks with tattered books because education would spoil us for work in the fields; cuffed, chained, and caged, for crimes both real and imagined; our soldiers killed in their uniforms, their medals stripped; our businesses, churches, schools, and homes burned to the ground when we progressed too much; our women and children raped; everywhere the barbarism of color discrimination followed us, enveloped us, and when all else failed, there were sadistic cowards with ropes and pyres to kill us, kill our bodies, to try and end us. But, we did not end. – David Pilgrim	added by anonymous 3 years ago
Chaplin needed two kids to play Paulette Goddard's ragamuffin sisters, all we had to do was wear tattered clothes, eat bananas and do big takes. I thought, 'If this is show business, count me in.'. – Gloria DeHaven	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
There’s a reason aprons exist, the material covers areas that actually protects vital organs so don’t be grilling in a tattered t-shirt. – Eric LeVine	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
It was tattered and torn, covered with mud and dirt, i told the demonstrators that it needed to be properly disposed of. – Michelle Manhart	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick. – William Butler Yeats	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker. – Danish proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat. – Caecilius Statius	added by anonymous 14 years ago

And, then, the old man preached about the daily indignities of the old south— insulting stereotypes and caricatures that portrayed us as buffoons, butlers, and beasts; lies about our morality and worth, some told by preachers who said we had no souls, that we wore the Curse of Ham; backbreaking toil, often forced by law, the fruit of our labor on another man’s plate; poverty that warped, crippled, and everywhere premature death; our voices silenced by poll taxes and literacy tests; schooling in raggedy shacks with tattered books because education would spoil us for work in the fields; cuffed, chained, and caged, for crimes both real and imagined; our soldiers killed in their uniforms, their medals stripped; our businesses, churches, schools, and homes burned to the ground when we progressed too much; our women and children raped; everywhere the barbarism of color discrimination followed us, enveloped us, and when all else failed, there were sadistic cowards with ropes and pyres to kill us, kill our bodies, to try and end us. But, we did not end.

– David Pilgrim

added by anonymous
3 years ago

Chaplin needed two kids to play Paulette Goddard's ragamuffin sisters, all we had to do was wear tattered clothes, eat bananas and do big takes. I thought, 'If this is show business, count me in.'.

– Gloria DeHaven

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

There’s a reason aprons exist, the material covers areas that actually protects vital organs so don’t be grilling in a tattered t-shirt.

– Eric LeVine

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It was tattered and torn, covered with mud and dirt, i told the demonstrators that it needed to be properly disposed of.

– Michelle Manhart

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick.

– William Butler Yeats

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.

– Danish proverb

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat.

– Caecilius Statius

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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