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Kapa Posted 11 years ago
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Would you please explain to me the meaning of the bold part?
“You’re queering the pitch on me, Atticus, so let’s keep the sociology out of it for a second. Of course I know that, but I heard something once. I heard a slogan and it stuck in my head. I heard ‘Equal rights for all; special privileges for none,’ and to me it didn’t mean anything but what it said. It didn’t mean one card off the top of the stack for the white man and one off the bottom for the Negro, it—”
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Would you please explain to me the meaning of the bold part?
“You’re queering the pitch on me, Atticus, so let’s keep the sociology out of it for a second. Of course I know that, but I heard something once. I heard a slogan and it stuck in my head. I heard ‘Equal rights for all; special privileges for none,’ and to me it didn’t mean anything but what it said. It didn’t mean one card off the top of the stack for the white man and one off the bottom for the Negro, it—”
Thank you for your time.
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It's a metaphor for what he said prior: ‘Equal rights for all; special privileges for none,’ The same laws and rights should apply to everyone.
- It's a metaphor for what he said prior: ‘Equal rights for all; special privileges for none,’ The same laws and rights should apply to everyone.
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It's a metaphor for what he said prior: ‘Equal rights for all; special privileges for none,’
The same laws and rights should apply to everyone.
The same laws and rights should apply to everyone.
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