Somebody has been cashing checks, and they've been bouncing back on us. And these people, the poor class of Negroes and the… — Howlin' Wolf Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, and this is a big theme of mine, I'm not interested in white people loving me. It's… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
White people’s number one freedom, in the United States of America, is the freedom to be totally ignorant of those who are… — Jane Elliott Copy Share Image
As for the not-black black president issue - white people can imagine blacks worse off than them, no problem. And now they… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
It's a totally different spiel when I talk at Morehouse. But when I'm talking at MIT? At the University of Cincinnati? I'm… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U.S. commissioner… — Maia Szalavitz Copy Share Image
No matter where you go your always gonna be judged. Older folks judging young people for how they dress. Young kids thinking… — Tiz Copy Share Image
Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Western civilization has been at war with tribalism for 3,000 years. And that war was brought to the New World by the… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
“For that particular community, for my community, the message has long been clear: The Civil War is a story for white people—acted… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“I confront the question of whether DEI initiatives are divisive and ineffective. The answer is yes on both counts, but not for… — Louis Yako Copy Share Image
“I spent most of my time floating on an inflatable raft in the pristine Mediterranean waters, my big belly curving toward the… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
“I’ve had enough I’m sick of seeing and touching Both sides of things Sick of being the damn bridge for everybody Nobody… — Kate Rushin Copy Share Image
I can't turn around without hearing about some 'civil rights advance's White people seem to think the black man ought to be… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Shifting from a superior/inferior paradigm to a strength-in-difference paradigm was kind of a good news/bad news situation. On the downside, I had… — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“All of the Indians must have tragic features: tragic noses, eyes, and arms. Their hands and fingers must be tragic when they… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“If you are stealing something it’s better if it’s small and hideable or something you can eat quickly and be done with,… — NoViolet Bulawayo Copy Share Image
The problem is that white people see racism as conscious hate, when racism is bigger than that. Racism is a complex system… — Scott Woods Copy Share Image
“[Dr. Henton] reindorced a lesson my pops tried to teach me with his hands: NEVER EVER EVER back down if you're right.… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
White people don't have that problem, they get to go through life never having to fit into a box, and it's really… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
“As Tom Robinson gave his testimony, it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world.… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“Casa Hatüey was named Hatüey because in Times Past it supposedly had been owned by a descendant of the priest who tried… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
Another method (of depopulation) is disease infection through bio-weapons such as Ebola and AIDS, which are race targeting weapons. There is a… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
So, to say Obama is progress is saying that he’s the first black person that is qualified to be president. That’s not… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
There was a time, right up until the end of the Second World War and beyond, when white people in Europe thought… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
“They're all gone, my tribe is gone. Those blankets they gave us, infected with smallpox, have killed us. I'm the last, the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“It is, then, not simply a question of black power or white power, but of how meaningfully to reenfranchise human power. This,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“The relation between the white and black races in Africa in many ways resembles the relation between the two sexes. If the… — Karen Blixen Copy Share Image
I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“Constantine sat down next to me, at the kitchen table, I heard the cracking of her swollen joints. She pressed her thumb… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“Discussing racism is not the same thing as discussing 'black identity'. Discussing racism is about discussing white identity. It's about white anxiety.… — Reni Eddo-Lodge Copy Share Image
Rule Number One for working for a white lady, Minny: it is nobody’s business. You keep your nose out of your White… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
“In any case, white people, who had robbed black people of their liberty and who profited by this theft every hour that… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
“A striking example from the history of writing is the origin of the syllabary devised in Arkansas around 1820 by a Cherokee… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“The black newspaper writers were nearly unanimous in their support for integration, and so were the owners of Negro-league teams, even though… — Jonathan Eig Copy Share Image
I go back to the parallels with 1963, 1964 when white America really became aware of the brutality of segregation, the cruelty… — Cleve Jones Copy Share Image
“Sarah (Winnemucca) is best known for her 1883 autobiography, Life among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Theirs Claims, the first memoir writen… — Linda Rodríguez McRobbie Copy Share Image
100,000 soldiers are reported to have died in the Iraqi war. If you count 100 relatives of each soldier, it means that… — Sun Myung Moon Copy Share Image
“By hiding behind the overarching term “white privilege,” the small percentage of privileged whites have ensured the following: first, they remain disguised… — Louis Yako Copy Share Image
This... there's nothing more difficult than this. Because we have really, truly good white people in important positions. And the fact of… — Mark Lloyd Copy Share Image