“So here I am, a white man telling Black children to not give white people the benefit of the doubt. It’s not… — Stan Goff Copy Share Image
In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
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“Porridge is our soup, our grits, our sustenance, so it's pretty much the go-to for breakfast. For the first time, I ate… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
“The only thing wrong with White people is when they embrace racist ideas and policies and then deny their ideas and policies… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
People are fooled by the colour of my skin. I grew up on the north side of Fredericton in a Celtic culture… — Measha Brueggergosman Copy Share Image
“These fantasies were no longer a reflection of my reaction to the white people, they were a part of my living, of… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“Mom used to tell me that white people don't understand us, would never understand us, even when they are well-meaning and patient...I… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Do you know those kinds of looks white people give you?' ... 'What do you do?' 'Ignore them...' 'But how can you… — Michael R. Phillips Copy Share Image
We focus on that really repulsive minority of racists. But then there's a continuum that goes all the way to, you know,… — George Packer Copy Share Image
If Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkins or any of these compromising Negros who say exactly what the white man wants to hear… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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“I tell sincere white people, 'Work in conjunction with us- each of us working among our own kind.' Let sincere white individuals… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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There is no difference. So what, the skin color is a different shade? But what the heck should that mean? Why should… — Amber Hope Copy Share Image
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White people deserve to be hit, deserve to be the victims of crime and acts of terror because they have for so… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I don't understand most blacks, they think that it's all white peoples fault. All this is just distraction from what's really happening… — Kristen Davoti Copy Share Image
“I have often wondered whether the white people who know we are kin actually see us as family. It's critical for me… — Michael W. Twitty Copy Share Image
“That one over this is the one for the use of the white people,” Judge Amistead Jones said. “Not that I am… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“Most of us think the word racism is synonymous with the word prejudice. But racism is more than just discrimination based on… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“I'm reasonably certain, salmon, swordfish, and hammerhead sharks do not find themselves paralyzed by spasms of self-blame for their plight - What… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
I think that we need more economic-based solutions to the problems afflicting the Black community, and I think that that's a way… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“White people were, and are, astounded by the holocaust in Germany. They did not know that they could act that way. But… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
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When women got the vote, they did not redefine voting. When African-Americans got the right to sit at a lunch counter alongside… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
Emmett Till and I were about the same age. A week after he was murdered... I stood on a corner with a… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
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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
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In the final analysis, national struggle is a matter of class struggle. Among the whites in the United States, it is only… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
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“Have you ever been the only person of your own colour or ethnicity in a large group or gathering? It has been… — Robert J. C. Young Copy Share Image
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