HOLLOWAY:
You can’t even say the world “nigger” and “gun” in the same sentence. You say the world “gun” in the same sentence with “nigger” and you in trouble. The white man panic. Unless you say, “The policeman shot the nigger with his gun”....then that be alright. Other than that, he panic. He ain’t had nothing but guns for the last five hundred years...got the atomic bomb and everything. But you say the word “nigger” and “gun” in the same sentence and they’ll try to arrest you. Accuse you of sabotage, disturbing the peace, inciting a riot, plotting to overthrow the government and anything else they can think of. You think I’m lying? You go down there and stand in front of the number two police station and say, “The niggers is tired of this mistreatment—they gonna get some guns,” and see if they don’t arrest you.