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Who said what this week

“All of a sudden, it’s become a big deal now, about oppression. There has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know of. Now maybe I’m not watching it as carefully as other people.” Former NFL coach Mike Ditka, on U.S. football protests. “I am not just some silent victim of a mistaken beauty campaign. I am strong, I am beautiful and I will not be erased.” Lola Ogunyemi, a model in a Dove body wash ad criticized for showing a Black woman removing her shirt to reveal a white woman. “This is his form of distraction/ Plus, he gets an enormous reaction/When he attacks the NFL, so we focus on that/Instead of talking about Puerto Rico or gun reform for Nevada.” Rapper Eminem freestyles a tirade against U.S. President Donald Trump for the BET Hip Hop Awards. “We’ve got guys who have been working 80 hours straight. You’ve got to have a fifth gear. You’ve got to have the two C’s: commitment and caffeine.” Captain Sean Norman on the teams fighting the fires that have engulfed California’s wine country. “It may not have originated as an Indigenous word, but the fact is that it is used as a slur in some cases, or in a negative way to describe Indigenous people.” Toronto District School Board spokesperson Ryan Bird on phasing out the word “chief” from senior job titles. “I was a kid, I was signed up, I was petrified.” Actress Gwyneth Paltrow joins a growing list of Hollywood women accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and assault.