"Hello, friends!"

[re: the Neo-Nazi in the movie Higher Learning]
"If you're against affirmative action, you have your supporters in the movie."

[re: African-American woman]
"She's so cool. She's a righteous queen."

[re: The girls participating more in class than the guys]
"Empowered women all over the place... and some men."

"I have my own prejudice too, as you will soon find out. Racists, fascist police, Staten Island, etc, etc."

Kid in Class: "He went to Brooklyn Tech."
Mr. Donin: "Stuy-wannabe."

"If you spend time with people on the other side of the world, like Southern Staten Island..."

[re: To quiet the class]
"Mo cho! Mo Cho! "

[re: People wanting to leave the class after the warning bell]
"I am so beat. I thought we were having fun."

[re: Higher Learning : Kristen is talking to Malik]
Kristen: (from movie) "I feel like it's all my fault..."
Mr. Donin: "It is! White girl."

<in a Barney-esque voice> "Friendship!"

Mr. Donin: "And now we call on my friend..." <checks roster sheet> "Travis. Travis? That's such a slave name. You need to get rid of that name."
Travis: "Okay?"
Mr. Donin: "From now on we'll call you Tamik."
Travis: <says his part>
Mr. Donin: "Until we find you a name, we'll call you Mr. T!"

"Hey, hey, ho, ho, Racists Crackheads have got to go."

"Can they love all people? Not just their Cracker selves."

"She sold out to the Damn White Man. Damn preaching love."

[re: White Christian Men]
"Kill them! Shoot them!"

[re: Staten Island]
"The whole stinkin' bottom half of that borough should be nuked."

"I can not wait to go home to be black again."

"She has a woman's rage coming out every fifteen seconds."

"Reach out and grab someone."

"I should give you all zeroes for frontin'."

[re: Teacher on documentary shown teaching racism]
"That teacher should not just be fired but she should be strung up and hung. And the body should be tortured. No, torched!"

[re: Ignorant people]
"We have to inject them with Sesame Street. With love!"

[re: College advisors]
"Make sure one of the questions you ask the liars in this school..."

"Liar, liar, stick your head in fire."

"It's in their blood... White boys. Someone should kick his ass."

"All men are dogs!"

[re: Higher Learning]
Lawrence Fishburne's Character: "No one is treating you special just because you are black."
Donin: "Oh, man!"

"Using the library! Very good! His TI-89!"

"I want to hold and caress your poor tortured head."

"Very good, very good! Take back the night! Men are dogs!"

Movie: "Who taught you to shoot?" "My paw."
Donin: "Parents!"

"See what the little white boy did to her! She's not sure!"

Karen: "Do you have an endless supply of slogans?"
Donin: "We make them up as we go along."

"Very good! Righteous queen! Gets along with everyone!"

"He kicked his booty! He should have killed him."

"You refer to them as campus security, I call them pigs."

"He has an original name! A righteous name! Malik!"

[re: Disagreeing with the movie]
"Oh, you're a punk-ass."

Donin: "What is that? A note of oppression?"
Nick: "Uh... an absence note."
Donin: "A note of oppression! Students being oppressed!"

[re: Taking attendance]
"Eli is not here. He's a punk. David is not here. He's no good."

"They're talking about love. I'm talking about something different."

"Ha ha, schools. Liberal crap."

"Animals. They only cause asthma and allergies."

"Can they be reprogrammed to love others, and not just their own cracker selves?"

"You want to say more? This sister's on a roll!"

"She sold out to the No-Good White Man! Love, pfft."

[re: White Christian Men]
"They are hopeless."

[re: Battered women]
"Men! At work! Husbands! Worthless!"

"The No-Good-Christian-Man-Devil."

"She said you're living in Strawberry Fields forever."

"Kristen Cracker."

[re: College meetings]
"Remember, they're only here to sell you their schools. The prostitution of America."

"But that's what we're here for, to bash each other. I love Stuy."

[re: Laughing at Ebonics]
"What are you laughing at the brother for?"

"Every SUNY is ugly!"

[re: Travis]
"Truth Justice Wisdom Allah!"

"Criticize me as the Fascist Daddy."

[re: Monkeys]
"Women are always... empowered."

"Oh, look! Cracker Barbies! Racist toys! Sexist toys!"

Donin: "Wiggy."
Wangui M: "Wangui."
Donin: "Wiggy! Righteous Queen!"

[re: Skinhead family]
"What a nice bunch of people."

"This is why you don't marry white boys."

"I'm just waiting for those who're coming in late. Evidently, there's a delay of some kind."

"Hello. Shhhhhhhh."

"Oh, look children! Oh!"

"And now we're going to have a traditional cross burning."

"When you signed onto this class, you didn't think you'd be getting a cross burning. You're getting one now!"

"What a good cross burning this was."

"I don't think any teachers will be giving a test on 12 minute periods. But they're out there!"

"Speak, sister! Sister Levitt!"

"Oh, look! They're old crackers now."

[re: Yvegeniy]
"My friend Y from the Old Country."

"The No-Good-Non-Jewish world."

"You're the math people, not me. I'm stupid."

"Rachel! That's such a righteous name."

"The Asian man speaks! David! His name is David too!"

"Plus-mark for living in Maryland!"

"Happiness is a warm gun."

"This is bad! She's agreeing with me, the teacher!"

"The fascist Powers-That-Be don't want you to see this excellent movie."

"Look! Hugging the cracker!"

Donin: "First name is?"
Rory D: "Rory."
Donin: "Rory? Are you in this class?"
Rory D: "Yeah."
Donin: "How embarrassing."

"This man is a beautiful man. I got news for you."

"Remember, this grade should cancel out your calculus grade."

[re: Armen]
"My man A! You're late! Like a punkass!"

Donin: "Who's David White?"
< I raise my hand>
Donin: "Are you the man?"

[re: Ms. Damesek giving a sudden announcement]
"She has got to go."

[re: Mixed children / bi-racial relationships / interfaith marriage]
"It's just cultural genocide if you ask me."

[re: Asking the class if being mixed is harmful]
Donin: "Where's Mr. White? David White."
< I raise my hand >
Donin: "Has your family ever had problems?"
Duber: "...No?"
Donin: "No? Your family never experienced any--"
Duber: "I'm not mixed."
Donin: "You're not mixed? Very good!"

[re: Holding an unmarked videotape in his hand]
"My friend sent this to me from Paris. I have not seen it yet."

[re: Some talk show with homosexuality as its topic. Someone walks out to go to the bathroom]
"Very good! Walking out on this garbage! Righteous brother."

"Mr. White, you get the last word of 2003!"

[re: Passing by in the hallway]
"Hello, friend! David friend!"

[re: Passing by in the hallway again]
Duber: "Hello, Mr. Donin."
Donin: "Hello friend. Are you David?"
Duber: "Yeah..."
Donin: "David friend!"

[re: Rape scene in Boys Don't Cry]
"Students are walking out because they can't deal with such a powerful scene!"