. . . what I am is a humanist before anything -- before I'm a Jew, before I'm black, before I'm a woman. And my beliefs are for the human race -- they don't exclude anyone.
Source: In The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya, by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.
-- Whoopi Goldberg, (Nov 13 1949-____), US actress, comedienne; Her films include Color Purple, 1985; Jumpin' Jack Flash, 1986; Sister Act I and II; and Ghost, for which she won an Oscar, 1991.