Movie Quote of the Day (“The Commitments,” on the Irish as “The Blacks of Europe”)

Jimmy Rabbitte (played by Robert Arkins): “Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud.”--The Commitments (1991), adapted by Roddy Doyle from his novel, directed by Alan Parker