Memorable Quotes from Shawn Wayans
7 quotesLack of Positive Representation in Film
Ashtray
So, will I see you again?
Ashtray's Mother
Sorry, baby: you know there ain't no positive black females in these movies.
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Internalized Hatred and Racial Tensions Explored
Ashtray
We didn't even do nothing.
Officer Self Hatred
What? You think you tough?
Officer Self Hatred
You ain't so tough now, little nigga. I hate your black bastards, you *stink*! I hate your black skin. I hate your black pants. I hate black pepper. I hate black keys on a piano. I hate my gums, because they're black. I hate Whoopi Goldberg's *lips*. I hate the back of Forrest Whittaker's neck. Huh? Most of all, I hate that black-ass Wesley Snipes.
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Misunderstanding in a humorous exchange
Ashtray
Oooh, girl, you so tight!
Dashiki
Wrong hole, fool!
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Discussion on Language and Identity
Ashtray
Hey, Preach, what up nigga?
Preach
Y'all need to stop using the word nigga. You see, it's terms like the word nigga that the white man uses to take away the self esteem of another race.
Ashtray
Word.
Preach
Oh yeah, remind me to pick my laundry up from that chink motherfucker up the street.
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Generational Struggles and Household Tensions
Ashtray
Loc Dog was America's worst nightmare, raised in a house with three generations of hopelessness, poverty... and profanity.
Loc Dog's Mom
Loc Dogg, turn that loud ass mothafuckin music down, you wakin up the fuckin babies, mothafucka. This still my mothafuckin house, mothafucka...
Loc Dog's Mom
Who tha fuck is that on my porch?
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Miscommunication During a Playful Exchange
Dashiki
Ooh, Talk dirty to me...
[while having sex]
Ashtray
I-Im Cumming!
[makes weird grunts then finally falls over]
Dashiki
What did you just say?
Ashtray
uhh... I'll talk about it after my nap
[nods off in sleep]
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Aspirations Beyond Welfare and Stereotypes
Loc Dog
I told her I don't want to be on welfare my whole life, you know what i'm sayin'. Hey for real nigga I got bigger and better plans, you know what i'm sayin'. Figured I'd get me a job at the post office, you know, maybe at a bank. You know what I'm saying.
Ashtray
That's all good, man.
Loc Dog
Work real hard. Work my way up to manager.
Ashtray
We need more black people like this.
Loc Dog
You know what I'm saying? Learn the system a little bit. Then I'll rob that motherfucker blind. Break all yallselves.
[pulls out a pistol an cocks it]
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