“The more antiracist W. E. B. Du Bois became, the more he realized that trying to persuade powerful racists was a waste… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
When white people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're homeless, when black people wear baggy clothing and speak gibberish they're called… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
I'm determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That's part of the empathy. Empathy doesn't just extend to cute little kids.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Racial oppression of black people in America has done what neither class oppression or sexual oppression, with all their perniciousness, has ever… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
The Black Lives Matter movement has to, by its very nature, be intersectional because of the complexities of who black people are… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
Whatever happens to us, however unjustified, will be slight compared to what has happened already to the Vietnamese people, to the Black… — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
Certainly, black horror movie fans have, you know, been particularly vocal. I mean, there's the whole Eddie Murphy routine about, you know,… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
“Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.” Same shit,… — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
I travel a lot. It used to be, when I would go to any country, I could guarantee that the first question… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
“The example cited most often was a gradual change in eye color among Moirans. Eve Moira’s eyes had been hazel: relatively light… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd… — Jarome Iginla Copy Share Image
“Our biggest oppressor is our mind. There results of it are seen on black on black hate . Look how black people… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
I've never seen a sincere white man, not when it comes to helping black people. Usually things like this are done by… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Hollywood is designed to check the box office on Monday morning and see: "How'd we do? How much?" It's another facet of… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
Africans sensed in their hearts that Jesus did not mock their respect for the sacred or their clamor for an invincible Savior,… — Lamin Sanneh Copy Share Image
“You know, one of the interesting things you find about writing fiction is that any fiction you write has to be political.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to recall that a lot of these statutes like 'disrupting the classroom' or 'disturbing the peace' have long… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
I had forgotten that Jess felt about long words the way that racists feel about black people: she hated them, and wanted… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
Audiences want great story telling; it's why white people watch my show 'Black in America.' It's why black people watch 'Latina in… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
Obviously I've been friends with loads of white people and there's certain things that happen and even though they're constantly around black… — Michail Antonio Copy Share Image
When people think of the South Side of Chicago, they don't think about where I'm from. It was sort of a pocket:… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American… — Maya Rudolph Copy Share Image
The truth is that in this country you here you're more likely to be harassed, hurt, or killed if you're a minister… — Gil Scott-Heron Copy Share Image
You know how Mexican restaurants always have "border" in the name: Border Grill, Border Cafe. You wouldn't do that to black people:… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
For centuries in this country, black people were seen as three-fifths of a person. So when you hear the national anthem or… — Maya Moore Copy Share Image
I don't like the fact that most black people or black comedians have to present themselves in a flamboyant way. It's good… — Franklyn Ajaye Copy Share Image
People need to seek out some diversity in their life. One of my friends is a pig farmer in Michigan, and even… — Luvvie Ajayi Copy Share Image
Frederick Douglas's agenda was an agenda, not for black people to get out of slavery. It was for America to become a… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The government harasses everything. The government must keep a constant surveillance of all activities by black people in order to maintain their… — John Kani Copy Share Image
I think anyone in New York City could look at Luke Cage and say, 'Hey, this guy could help me out.' I… — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
What the white man in America needs to realize is there's a new thinking among black people today which makes them not… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
For a lot of comics who aren't as silly or physical but more intellectual, we get looked at as 'alt comics.' No,… — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people,… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we as black people, we're never going to be successful not because of you white… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
GIRL STOP TEXTING STOP REQUESTING AND YOU BETTER NOT BE OOVOOING OR EVEN GODDAMN SKYPING BECAUSE IF YOU ARE WE WILL BE… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People say that it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do?… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we, as black people, we're never going to be successful - not because of you… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
Sometimes in some places they would actually stop the train - keep the train from stopping at a particular station because they… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
