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> [“Racism is both overt and covert. It takes two, closely related forms: individual whites acting against individual blacks, and acts by the total white community against the black community. We call these individual racism and institutional racism. The first consists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/racism-is-both-overt-and-covert-it-takes-two-closely-related-forms/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

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## More by Stokely Carmichael

> [The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/the-secret-of-life-is-to-have-no-fear-it-s-the-only-way-to-function/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/our-grandfathers-had-to-run-run-run-my-generation-s-out-of-breath-we/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/what-a-liberal-really-wants-is-to-bring-about-change-that-will-not-in/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [Black Power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/black-power-can-be-clearly-defined-for-those-who-do-not-attach-the/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/now-we-maintain-that-we-cannot-be-afford-to-be-concerned-about-6/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [A man is born free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/a-man-is-born-free/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/there-is-a-higher-law-than-the-law-of-government-that-s-the-law-of/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/i-maintain-that-every-civil-rights-bill-in-this-country-was-passed/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/the-first-need-of-a-free-people-is-to-define-their-own-terms/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [I ain't going to jail no more. The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin' us is to take over. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/i-ain-t-going-to-jail-no-more-the-only-way-we-gonna-stop-them-white/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [“The job of the conscious is to make the unconscious conscious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/the-job-of-the-conscious-is-to-make-the-unconscious-conscious/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [“Racism is both overt and covert. It takes two, closely related forms: individual whites acting against individual blacks, and acts by the total white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/racism-is-both-overt-and-covert-it-takes-two-closely-related-forms/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/the-masses-don-t-shed-their-blood-for-the-benefit-of-a-few-individuals/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [The philosophers Camus and Sartre raise the question whether or not a man can condemn himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/the-philosophers-camus-and-sartre-raise-the-question-whether-or-not-a/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

> [Integration is a man's ability to want to move in there by himself. If someone wants to live in a white neighborhood and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/integration-is-a-man-s-ability-to-want-to-move-in-there-by-himself-if/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

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