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Quantum Leap is an American science-fiction television series that originally aired on NBC for five seasons, from March 1989 through May 1993. Created by Donald P. Bellisario, it starred Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who leaps through… more »


[Sam and Miz Melny are discussing civil rights issues]

Miz Melny:
Nobody's gonna change the way things are.

Sam:
But they will. Blacks are gonna unite...

Miz Melny:
"Blacks"?

Sam:
Blacks. That's what they'll- That's what we'll be called instead of Negroes.

Miz Melny:
What's in God's name's wrong with being called a Negro?

Sam:
Maybe it's just a little too close to n*gger.

Miz Melny:
[sternly] I've *never* used that word, Jesse. Not to your face or behind your back.

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