I look at an ant and l see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Why go from the individual to the entire race, from the singular to the group, from the guilty to the innocent? We… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“He has no education. He has no skills. He doesn't know what to do, where to be. The world has been taught… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
As a result of America's efforts to realize the ideals of equality and freedom, blacks in America are now the freest and… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other… — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
The only way for white folks to reclaim the full arc of their humanity, the full trajectory of their ethical content, of… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time she is… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I don't know how often white people look around and think, 'Wow, there's really a lot of white people here; we should… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
“There are fundamentally two ways you can experience the police in America: as the people you call when there's a problem, the… — Chris L. Hayes Copy Share Image
“They'd run all these tests on him and decided he wasn't racist. He wasn't, either, but not because he thought about it… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
What disturbs or assures us about race has very little to do with blood or biology. Race is about how you use… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Everybody brings their thing to their criticism. I bring this wealth of opinions and feeling and knowledge about race and gender and… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
“These studies are about a lot more than foul calls and strikeouts. They’re about the nature of racism today: subtle, pervasive, persistent.… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
Rise up Black Men, and take your stand. Reach up black men and women and pull all nature’s knowledge to you. Turn… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
The Ahmaud Arbery video was the final straw for me in being silent. That shook me to the core like nothing has… — Bubba Wallace Copy Share Image
Now, white America is using blacks, exploiting them, enabling their dependency so that they can say, we are innocent of racism, and… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
It is important that early in life you choose companionable prejudices, for the fact is that they are likely to stay with… — Virginia Cary Hudson Copy Share Image
The people who invented race, who grouped us together as "black," were inventing and categorizing their ability to do something vicious and… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“I believe it’s incredibly important to write against [racial] stereotypes. If we give in and make sure that all black women characters… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
I don't understand racism. I have many black friends and many others have been my opponents. Respect is basic. Unfortunately racism is… — Francesco Totti Copy Share Image
“I even felt a vicarious guilt, like a German meeting Jewish people in Poland who had never heard of the Holocaust, or… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to… — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
I have two boys with Nigerian heritage and that's the most important thing but race shouldn't define you. You just have to… — Emma Weymouth Copy Share Image
And in the racial climate of this country today, it is anybody's guess which of the 'extremes' in approach to the black… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest,… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find… — George Aiken Copy Share Image
In Italy, especially in '70s and '80s, there was a lot of racism between north and south. And my mom immigrated from… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
I consider racism to be a medical problem. Racists need serious medical and psychiatric help, because they are killing themselves and making… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Still, it's clear that there are lots of people out there who are uncomfortable [about racism]. The Civil War was a long… — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Transgender people, especially transgender women of color, face pervasive discrimination throughout life, including by those sworn to protect us. — Sarah McBride Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter is really an affirmation for our people. It's a love note for our people, but it's also a demand.… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
“Ninety-nine out of a hundred conversations in the media about race go through the same kabuki: Ignore the victims. Humanize the thugs.… — Colin Flaherty Copy Share Image
As America prepared for war in 1941, discrimination largely shut black Americans out of job opportunities in the growing defense industry. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Joseph Conrad was a thoroughgoing racist. That this simple truth is glossed over in criticisms of his work is due to the… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
When we say never again, our common humanity dictates that we take a stand against racism, discrimination, anti semitism and staying silent. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we had done the work that we should have done in the 20th century to combat our history of racial inequality,… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism.… — James Brown Copy Share Image