In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that… — Jeremiah Wright Copy Share Image
I certainly think so, and I argue so, and I give talks on that. Are there risks by putting people together? Absolutely.… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
There are only two colors to paint a boat, black or white, and only a fool would paint a boat black. — Nathanael Greene Herreshoff Copy Share Image
A black hole really is an object with very rich structure, just like Earth has a rich structure of mountains, valleys, oceans,… — Kip Thorne Copy Share Image
Having grown up in a Black neighborhood, gone to a segregated Black public school that was overcrowded and underfunded, watched my neighbors… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
As an actor, I want to be in works that reflect black presence in the U.K. throughout the nation's history. — Paterson Joseph Copy Share Image
Black is the hardest color in the world to get right-except for gray... — Diana Vreeland Copy Share Image
I who have gone the gamut from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin by some of my brainwashed brothers and… — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
I remember when I was in Chicago and data started coming out that when black folks walk into an auto dealership, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For the most basic assumption that dictated my early attempts to respond to creative music commentary was the mistaken belief that western… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
President [Barack] Obama's choice of Rahm Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff was questionable, and perhaps coverups around the police violence against… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
Being a black woman, I've often felt I've been judged by my sex and my race, and I have always known that… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
People in every direction No words exchanged No time to exchange And all the little ants are marching Red and black antennas… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
I was the first black director on 'Dallas.' I drove my car into the studio lot and the guard asked me who… — Bill Duke Copy Share Image
Later, I would realize that the position of most black students in predominantly white colleges was already too tenuous, our identities too… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
You accuse me of black marketing, but which of you has not slept with me? — Dhirubhai Ambani Copy Share Image
I don't wear the sash to bed. But I make sure it is always clean. I have it in two colors, black… — Pia Wurtzbach Copy Share Image
One is never alone with a book nearby, don't you agree? Every page reminds us of a day that has passed and… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
When virtue is pictured as innocence and innocence equated with childlikeness, the implication is obviously that knowledge and experience are no longer… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
This book will prove the following ten facts: 1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there.… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
I think the biggest problem in our country is mass incarceration and the prison-industrial complex. From the Rockefeller drug laws to stand… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
A narrow pond would form in the orchard, water clear as air covering grass and black leaves and fallen branches, all around… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I love black diamonds. They say your watch or jewelry wasn't cheap, but they aren't too flashy and in your face. — Justin Tuck Copy Share Image
Sometimes people call folks here at the Simple Way saints. Usually they either want to applaud our lives and live vicariously through… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Not only did I always know I was black, I always knew we were and are beautiful, culturally rich, and creators of… — Angela Rye Copy Share Image
In America in general... I know there are a lot of parts where may be it is not that great to be… — Karan Soni Copy Share Image
The fog lifted in the evening and a blue-black band at the horizon marked the end of the sea and the beginning… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
There are so many - namely black and brown bodies - who have experienced a different America than what the mainstream American… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
Being depressed in black culture is not a thing. I just decided not to tell nobody, not even my friends. — Amine Copy Share Image
Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The goal - is the dignity of the black man in America. He wants respect as the human being. He wants recognition… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
When I reflect on the issues that black Hollywood has had with the lack of representation at the Oscars, I realized that… — Usher Copy Share Image