I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
All women, regardless of her economic status or racial background, have a right to vote, and no politician or regressive law should… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Our vulnerability is that both blacks and whites can use our impossible racial authenticity against us. Both races can throw up our… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
America has a strange relationship with its racial memory. Death has always been a constant companion of black people. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
American history and the history of baseball are bound up together: our racial politics can be described and traced through it. — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Obama has placed himself in perfect political position: he spent the 2008 campaign convincing the American people that he's a racial unifier… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
I have always thought that the rapid economic development of South Africa would in the long run prove to be incompatible with… — Harry Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
“This is not to portray race as simply one among many issues, each with equal weight; instead, race has been the principal… — Ian Haney López Copy Share Image
There's a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that's directed at me [and] directed at the president. You know, people… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
I'm less interested in how we label ourselves. I'm more interested in how we treat each other. And if we're treating each… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an… — Harry Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
Racial terrorism affects the lives of white people and black people and everyone, everything. Racism is contaminating. It can affect the dogs… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
Inter-racial sex is probably some of the best sex on the planet. You know what that is? Because with inter-racial sex there's… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
A new race-neutral language was developed for appealing to old racist sentiments, a language accompanied by a political movement that succeeded in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
All right-wing antigovernment rage in America bears a racial component, because liberalism is understood, consciously or unconsciously, as the ideology that steals… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Long before many of us were even conscious of our own degradation, these men [Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. DuBois] fought… — Kwame Nkrumah 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
“In sum, restoring notions of race mixture to center stage recommits us, willy-nilly, to the discredited idea of racial purity, the basic… — Barbara J. Fields Copy Share Image
I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
The reason to have more racial diversity on any team is because it's helpful to have different perspectives on any issue. And… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
I think we probably have a racial death wish. We don't understand anything about where we live, and we don't want to. — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
Even the most racist person make a very painful racial comment, give him a smile. It's better than you take a weapon… — Angelique Kidjo Copy Share Image
“Racial identity can be condemned, fought, ignored, or cultivated, but it is unrealistic for a society to pretend it does not exist.” — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
In the province of Quebec where I come from, we speak French, and the only cosmopolitan city is Montreal. Every time we… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its… — Dana Priest Copy Share Image
There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Only blacks can play the race card, apparently; only they think in racial terms, at least to hear white America tell it. — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Racism always exists cheek by jowl with, inside, and alongside culture and class. As a rule, it is inseparable from them. That… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
Policing language and even legislating against certain behaviours will only go so far to address the pervasive problem of racial bias. To… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
So-called racial characteristics are not really racial at all but are due to the historical experiences of the communities in question. — Arnold J. Toynbee Copy Share Image
The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative,… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
They don't pay me enough to take any racial abuse. If you come up to me and say something racially, I'm going… — Bill Goldberg Copy Share Image
It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“This book is about racial identity, something most people who are not white take for granted. They come to it early, feel… — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
'Death at an Early Age' was about racial segregation in Boston. 'Illiterate America' was about grownups who can't read. 'Rachel and Her… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“Every period of racial progress in this country is followed by a period of retrenchment. That’s what the 2016 election was about.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
Scapegoating is as American as apple pie. And because there's almost always a racial or ethnic dynamic to it in our country,… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
![“There's a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that's directed at me [and] directed at the president. You know, people talking about taking their country back. ... There's a certain racial component to this for some people. I don't think this is the thing that is a main driver, but for some…” quote by Eric Holder](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6de/eric-holder-7429_animus_there-s-a-certain-level-of-vehemence-it_1302655.jpg)
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