The impact of racism has changed our look at ourselves because basically racism was meant to make us look unfaithfully at ourselves,… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Southern, conservative minister who believed in the American promise. His dream was patriotic and traditional. Family,… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
Although the doctrine of innate equality of the race has been proclaimed, yet so far as woman is concerned it has been… — Amelia Bloomer Copy Share Image
All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him… — William Wells Brown Copy Share Image
People think racist abuse stops on the football pitch, but that's just the beginning. When you go home, you are still confronted… — Edgar Davids Copy Share Image
“If you’re too slow off a red light, I’ll lay on my horn, because I’m a honky. Was that racist? Only if… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities; it's a social justice movement that… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to be an American Negro male. America has never wanted its Negroes to be men, and does not, generally,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Black America surely faces an existential crisis, but not the one imagined in the condescending news media - of somehow getting non-black… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
“The term 'black' was given a rebirth by the black youth revolt. As reborn, it does not refer to the particular color… — Chancellor Williams Copy Share Image
Black people are just constantly immature in their thinking, undisciplined, and we suffer as a people. This is not about race in… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the greater consciousness among Whites about Black equality has not carried over to the new victims of racism - Muslims and… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
“The Cold Within" Six humans trapped in happenstance In dark and bitter cold, Each one possessed a stick of wood, Or so… — James Patrick Kinney Copy Share Image
“I don’t subscribe to the notion of seeing no color, that we’re all the same and race doesn’t exist. It’s a social… — Simon S. Tam Copy Share Image
It's usually human drama that carries with it issues of race or class that attracts me. That was certainly the case with… — Steve James Copy Share Image
“Ari: The serial number was now my new name. I was dehumanized. I was branded like an animal, but was treated worse.… — Christopher Huh Copy Share Image
I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
You have a valid complaint, and I do recognize it ... but you are reading into things a little bit. Just the… — Robert Kirkman Copy Share Image
“he knew in his body, even if he hadn’t yet put it together in his mind, that in America the worst thing… — Yaa Gyasi Copy Share Image
They were both academics, but my dad had to get a job on the railway, and my mum had to get a… — Naveen Andrews Copy Share Image
“It is appropriate that we celebrate Martin Luther King, a man who struggled so valiantly to restore humanity to the oppressed and… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
As a young black American you become desensitised to it, it's just like 'oh, another guy, another kid died today.' That's so,… — DeAndre Yedlin Copy Share Image
“It was ridiculous that things outside a person’s control could make others hate you. The nature of your blood wasn’t a choice,… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
I was discriminated against because I was Jewish, Italian, black and Puerto Rican. But maybe the worst prejudice I experienced was against… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Black people are often praised as heroes for saving a country that treats us like third-class citizens, yet when it comes to… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
It's important to understand you can't remove the historical context of racially charged stereotypes or slurs as much as we like to… — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
I think the generosity of President Trump's spirit, recognizing that in the patriot's heart, there's no room for prejudice is part of… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
I have grown to understand that no matter where we come from, human beings, at heart, are the same. Defining ourselves based… — Shenaz Treasury Copy Share Image
“I like being present in spaces where I am not welcome because you do not deserve to feel comfortable just because you're… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
Well technologically and so forth, it's a breakthrough, and yet [Birth of a Nation,] it's very white supremacist to the core in… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
With the 5-to-4 decision upholding Trump's Muslim ban, arbitrary discrimination is now formal U.S. policy, celebrated by a president who campaigned on… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“You all know from past experiences that the white man only sees the bad that our people do to them. They are… — Violetta Botzet Luetgers Copy Share Image
Stadiums can be places where people of different colour come to support their teams, or they can be seen as stagnant areas… — Kevin-Prince Boateng Copy Share Image
I believe what Martin Luther King Jr. believed. You remember what the title of the March on Washington was? "Jobs and Freedom."… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that the entire country is a racist country.We're living in a country that discriminates, and has certain racist tendencies. — Danny DeVito Copy Share Image
The hearts of Afro-American women are too warm and too large for race hatred. Long suffering has so chastened them that they… — Fannie Barrier Williams Copy Share Image