In the search for character and commitment, we must rid ourselves of our inherited, even cherished biases and prejudices. Character, ability and… — J. Irwin Miller Copy Share Image
“If our neighbors were white, they’d be victims of the same crime that plagues black folk. You are right, however, about those… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Let us keep before us the fact that, almost without exception, every race or nation that has ever got upon its feet… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
The social science on the impact of desegregation is clear. Researchers have consistently found that students in integrated schools - irrespective of… — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
My understanding of racial discrimination as a child was highly distorted because the most prominent man in Archery was an African-American bishop.… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“The projects in Harlem are hated. They are hated almost as much as policemen, and this is saying a great deal. And… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Equal protection under the law is not a hard principle to convince Americans of. The difficulty comes in persuading them that it… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
That was exciting to be able to comment on civil rights. I mean, the civil rights movement that young people don't know… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
“the American Government is in fact enforcing a system of employment on the universities under which they are required, under pain of… — Hans Eysenck Copy Share Image
'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' I've used it to demonstrate racial attitudes to people who I thought needed a better understanding of… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
“We should ask ourselves whether efforts to achieve "cosmetic" racial diversity- that is, reform efforts that make institutions look good on the… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“The acknowledgement of White cowardice has driven literally tens of millions of White Americans to try to escape it by undergoing a… — Frazier Glenn Miller Copy Share Image
There were these great women in Montgomery, [Rosa Louise] Parks was among them. Jo Ann Robinson [who organized the bus boycott] was… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
[Black nationalism] is not designed to make the black man reevaluate the white man--you know him already--but to make the black man… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It is extremely interesting to me that black males, and other black folk, are viewed as self-pitying, by either other blacks who… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
It's so hard for me to even acknowledge America without talking about race. If you look at our society, if you look… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
We as black have to remind ourselves that we are a great people and we come from a great lineage. How can… — Charlamagne Tha God Copy Share Image
“Tocqueville described the vicious cycle of racist ideas, a cycle that made persuading or educating racist ideas away nearly impossible. In “order… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
Obviously, I'm not not black. But this is one thing I do know after years and years of working with a lot… — Skip Bayless Copy Share Image
I found that my wounds begin to heal when the voices of those endangered by silence are given power. The silence of… — Janice Mirikitani Copy Share Image
“We are all the same. God has not chosen one group above another. When we dare to be aware, we will raise… — James Van Praagh Copy Share Image
The same rebellion, the same impatience, the same anger that exists in the hearts of the dark people in Africa and Asia… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Hominy got out of the car to untangle the snarl. Waving his arms like the crazy man he was, he separated the… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
It is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. So we don't.… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Those who are guilty of the argumentum ad ignorantiam profess belief in something because its opposite cannot be proved ... In the… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
What frustrates me is to see African-Americans behave as though what European-Americans say is worthwhile. It simply isn't. It's just some silly… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circut our souls. There is no delete button for… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
“There is a notion out there that black people enjoy the Sisyphean struggle against racism. In fact, most of us live for… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Just as the cops were annoyed when Ricky said he had been repeatedly stopped because he is black, discussion of race is… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
“And while Canada purports to be multicultural, Toronto in particular, a place where everyone is holding hands and cops are handing out… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“Not long ago, having expressed some disagreements in print with an old comrade of long standing, I was sent a response that… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Christopher Columbus introduced two phenomena that revolutionized race relations and transformed the modern world: the taking of land, wealth, and labor from… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
“This was especially true of the Irish in Ireland in relation to the British, who for centuries treated them as an inferior… — Allan G. Johnson Copy Share Image
I just don't like discriminating in any terms.. Religions, races, different beliefs, traditions and cultures. God is only one, the only one… — Janet Reolope Copy Share Image
“From the fissure of their ever-present double consciousness sprang the idea of the double victory, articulated by James Thompson in his letter… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
I don't think the job of the antiracist is to convert the far-out heathen racist, or give them their 'come to Jesus'… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
White communities - and I exempt poor white communities from this - have power over their representation. White people have the ability… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
The way racism works in Canada, it's very subtle. You may feel you're a victim of racism or have experienced racism, but… — George Elliott Clarke Copy Share Image
![“There were these great women in Montgomery, [Rosa Louise] Parks was among them. Jo Ann Robinson [who organized the bus boycott] was among them. It's always these ordinary women and men of grace who have been waiting and seething and planning to change things that are unjust that bring movement.” quote by Marian Wright Edelman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b72/marian-wright-edelman-2216_boycott_there-were-these-great-women-in-montgome_1813459.png)
![“[Black nationalism] is not designed to make the black man reevaluate the white man--you know him already--but to make the black man re-evaluate himself. Don't change the white man's mind; you can't change his mind. And that whole thing about appealing to the moral conscience of America--America's…” quote by Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/999/malcolm-x-213_america_black-nationalism-is-not-designed-to-mak_1741004.jpg)
![“The way racism works in Canada, it's very subtle. You may feel you're a victim of racism or have experienced racism, but you can't necessarily prove it - unless you get a [white] friend to go check out that rental, go check out that job, whatever. Unless you're willing to really dig to prove…” quote by George Elliott Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/986/george-elliott-clarke-27314_canada_the-way-racism-works-in-canada-it-s-very_615944.jpg)
