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And that's your advice

Mr. Walker, I'll thank you to leave. I have some charity cases you know nothing of. I got...

Ragtime • 1981

Black Lawyer:

[Coalhouse tries to sue for his car being damaged]
Well, what's your financial situation like? Coalhouse Walker Jr.:
[sighs]
I have a little laid by. I planned to use it on my wedding, but I guess it'll have to wait. Black Lawyer:
Hmm. Mr. Walker, let me give you some advice. You spend the money on your wedding. Build yourself a home and a family where you can find some comfort. And just forget that some damn white man caused you offense. Coalhouse Walker Jr.:
And that's your advice? Black Lawyer:
That's my advice, and I pray you take it to heart. Coalhouse Walker Jr.:
Just forget it? Is that it? Black Lawyer:
I've spent my whole life forgetting. You're a young man. You better start learning now. Coalhouse Walker Jr.:
Learning what? How to be a nigger? Black Lawyer:
[after a pause]
Mr. Walker, I'll thank you to leave. I have some charity cases you know nothing of. I got clients with real problems - starvation, illness, dispossession. Yes, I want justice for our people. Yes, I do. I want it so bad, I can taste it. If you think I'll go to Westchester County pleading on the behalf of a colored man that somebody dirtied his fancy car, you are very much mistaken. Now, please, you take this and leave my office. [Gives Coalhouse papers]

Full Transcript

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And that's your advice

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That's my advice and I pray you take it to heart

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Just forget it Is that it

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I've spent my whole life forgetting

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You're a young man You better start learning now

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Learning what how to be a nigger

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Mr Walker I'll thank you to leave

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I have some charity cases you know nothing of

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I got clients with real problems

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starvation illness

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dispossession

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Yes I want justice for our people Yes I do

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I want it so bad I can taste it

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If you think I'll go to Westchester County

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pleading on the behalf of a colored man

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that somebody dirtied his fancy car

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you are very much mistaken

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Now please you take this

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and leave my office

Duration

63 seconds

Views

400

Timestamp in Movie

01:16:38

Uploaded

Dec 05, 2022

Genres

Production

Paramount Pictures,The De Laurentiis Company,Sunley Productions Ltd.

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Movie Summary

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Actors

Black Lawyer

Coalhouse Walker Jr.