André De Shields
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298 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 21 Jul
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And then the support began to grow.
First of all, he saw a black male student.
Second of all, he saw a young man who carried himself as if he were a king.
Which I still do.
My mission, my journey is to discover the throne to which I know I am heir.
So that's what I carry in my mind, in my heart, and in my viscera.
As I walked on the quad when I was 19 years old at Wilmington College in Ohio.
And that drama teacher, he witnessed the drama.
And he knew this young man had it in him to play Walter Lee Younger, who had the hugest chip on his shoulder, Walter Lee Younger as the character in Raisin in the Sun.
And at 19, by playing that character, I was able to dissolve the chip that was on my shoulder.
I'm a black man, and I'm tired of being taken advantage of.
You did this to me.
I can't get anywhere, and it's your fault.
That's the chip.
I can get anywhere I want, and it's my doing.
Exactly.
Couldn't get rid of it?
Yes.
Exactly.
That's essential to Raisin in the Sun.
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