For two centuries, the South has feared a takeover by blacks or the feds. In Obama, they have both. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Jim Crow had unintended benefits. It forced blacks to build and rely on their own economic, educational and social systems. — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone. — Walter Annenberg Copy Share Image
“How's that training coming along, Griff? Good old Max says you're a natural." Turner frowned. Any time a white man asked you… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I would love to see us, as blacks, get to the place where we say, 'I'm not going to play race games… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Gotta love us brown girls, munching on fat, swinging blue hips, decked out in shells and splashes, Lawdie, bringing them woo hips.” — Patricia Smith Copy Share Image
I have a suspicion the blacks model themselves on the whites now that they're in power. 'Don't you know who we are,… — Guy Scott Copy Share Image
We were taught in school, and I was taught at home and in church, that blacks and whites were equal and we… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
In the U.S., blacks are 12% of the population but commit 50% of violent crimes; can anyone honestly think this is unconnected… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
What the Clintons have always done is embraced challenging. They can't have enough photo opportunities with Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson. They… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Blacks as a group have voted Democratic since the 1930s. The GOP has not courted them in any real way since the… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
Republicans and blacks had an unlikely alliance around 'max black' after the 1990 census. By concentrating black voters in some districts, the… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Blacks had survived every form of human debasement with ingenuity, self-reliance, a deep and ironic humor, a capacity for self-reinvention and a… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior,… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
“There are white people who know how to act politely to blacks, but deep down you know they're uncomfortable. They're worse, more… — Cristina García Copy Share Image
“I watched these young people read to the audience parts of history that placed our country in context. I felt, in that… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
“Whitepeople believed that whatever the manners, under every dark skin was a jungle. Swift unnavigable waters, swinging screaming baboons, sleeping snakes, red… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“I have to think about that one for a minute. “Everybody’s pissed ’cause One-Fifteen hasn’t been charged,” I say, “but also because… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
“But the statue attracted a middle-aged, brown-haired, overweight White guy. Clearly drunk, he climbed onto the tiny stage and started fondling Buddha… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“I remained abroad ten months, which was much longer than I had anticipated. During all that time, I never saw the slightest… — Harriet Ann Jacobs Copy Share Image
“She supposed the young colored men of Link's generation couldn't have manners like Mr. Powther's, though she didn't know why. Wars and… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
“Another group with a vital role to play in the present crisis is the white Northern liberals. The racial issue that we… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“That morning, like every morning, the first decision he made regarded his Blackness. His skin was a deep, constant brown. In public,… — Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Copy Share Image
I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
It's not just a struggle for blacks to be accepted by whites, but the other way around as well. A lot of… — Q-Tip Copy Share Image
“I was going to look like one of the sweet little white girls who were everybody's dream of what was right with… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I swear that white folks need to just shut the hell up sometimes. Y'all make it hard for everybody.” — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
We grow up in New Zealand from a young age getting up at 3am to watch the All Blacks play South Africa… — Beauden Barrett Copy Share Image
“It’s a horrible world. White people try to tell us that everything will be just fine when we go to heaven. My… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
As a result of the absence and weakness of black men, blacks have allowed every ungodly thing to influence their communities. — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
When blacks become humanly visible, when their true beliefs are known, their mask shatters and their symbiotic bond with whites is broken. — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
The U.S. military was segregated 'til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were totally segregated. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent. — Miguel Copy Share Image
“The defeat that had frightened her in the faces of black men was the defeat of black forever defined by white.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like. — Paul Mooney Copy Share Image
I grew up in a neighborhood with blacks and Puerto Ricans and Italians, the whole gamut, so conveying unity has always meant… — Carmine Giovinazzo Copy Share Image
Before Obama, people barely noticed skin color; that goes back 150 years. Blacks were happy and grateful for what we were given. — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
