"I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare."

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I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from it. I embrace African-American culture and I love it and embrace it, but it is a part of a human identity. So I'm always trying to make a larger human statement.

— Wynton Marsalis