In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
There was no mistake in us making abortion legal and available on demand. That was what we call progress. Just like it… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
For most Black people there is still poverty and desperation. The Ghettos still exist, and the proportion of Blacks in prison is… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“As a person of color in America, you need to fly to reach the hallowed gates of wealth and mainstream success while… — Wajahat Ali Copy Share Image
“Streets like the one she lived on were no accident. They were the North’s lynch mobs, she thought bitterly; the method the… — Ann Petry Copy Share Image
“Many DEI officers/professionals I have spoken to over the years have confirmed to me that they don’t feel they have any power… — Louis Yako Copy Share Image
“It would be easy to quit if it was just about me, Khalil, that night, and that cop. It's about way more… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
You should be able to criticize civil servants for what you think is wrongdoing without being painted as a cop-hater. I don't… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“The belief in the power of "institutional racism" allows black civil rights leaders to denounce America as a "racist" society, when it… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
“In the end, we are left with this painful conundrum: we only need DEI initiatives because we don’t truly have a society… — Louis Yako 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
“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
“Lieutenant Thomas R. Gilligan, thirty-seven, was off duty and out of uniform, checking out TVs in an electronics store. He went to… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Our world is suffering from metastatic cancer. Stage 4. Racism has spread to nearly every part of the body politic, intersecting with… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“It is not a secret that most American and Western institutions and workplaces are very much like mountains: the higher one climbs,… — Louis Yako Copy Share Image
“I believe that there are four institutions in American history that have shaped our approach to race and justice but remain poorly… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“The American imagination has never been able to fully recover from its white-supremacist beginnings. Consequently, our laws and attitudes have been straining… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image