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But of course that's foolish... any institution would be proud to have such a scholar as you.

9 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Long Road (The story of Mary Church Terrell) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:17:17 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- But... to be frank, we thought you might be Jewish.

- If I were?

- We would have to reject you, Fraulein. You see, we do not take Jewish women here.

- Of course, you being new here, you don't understand that.

- I do understand. There's nothing new about discrimination.

- In my own country, there too are institutions where I can't study because of my color.

- But of course that's foolish... any institution would be proud to have such a scholar as you.

- Any institution should be ashamed to discriminate against any woman.

- I don't think I can study here.

- I believe that once one accepts discrimination against another, he's preparing the way for his own slavery. I intend to remain free.

- I remained free in Europe and I worked and studied while I saw other women slowly giving in to race prejudice...

- I learned that no women can live free and equal by standing silently by while huge sections of the human race were slandered and made second-class citizens.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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