Today mass incarceration defines the meaning of blackness in America: Black people, especially black men, are criminals. That is what it means… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“SVU, CSI, CSI: NY. These shows, they're all about things being done to females and children. If they were full of thing… — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
How many black people are there in the higher echelons of any industry? We can talk about journalism, we can talk about… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
If there had never been the Great Migration there would never have been jazz, there would never have been Michelle Obama. A… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
I was taught that Jesus the Son of God was a white man, and hearing black people singing, 'Lord, wash me, and… — Peter Tosh Copy Share Image
What I want to know is how the white man, with the blood of black people dripping off his fingers, can have… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Looking into my future, I don't always want to be in front of the camera. I want to be behind the camera… — Keke Palmer Copy Share Image
“Many people in Nixon’s camp had genuine faith in affirmative action. It wasn’t designed to fail, but it wasn’t designed to succeed,… — Tanner Colby Copy Share Image
“That is what it truly means to think as an antiracist: to think there is nothing wrong with Black people, to think… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
“There's no pride for me in my skin being white. I was born this way, I had no choice, I had no… — T.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
“I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. It… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
After Hitler was destroyed, there was the threat of Stalin, but it was always the world pressure that was upon America that… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm… — Dave Chappelle Copy Share Image
I was grateful to see President Obama's victory speech. I was over the moon to see the audience. There were about 60… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm very disappointed in Barack Obama. I was very much in support of him in the beginning, but I cannot support war.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Neither one of the parties is doing anything for poor people. They're both full of it. Black people have been voting Democratic… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
“Does anyone in this room have it?" "No, Chris, no one here has it." "How do you know?" "Because the mark was… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
Blacks have been in the position of having to rebel since day one. It's only natural. Black people are the lowest on… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
[Apostol Paul's] views were translated as, "Your rule is to be kind to black people; you don't beat them." It's very much… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
“Time and time again, she sought to show the roots—the legitimacy—of black rebellion. It galled her that black people were often told… — Jeanne Theoharis Copy Share Image
What I really feel is necessary is that the black people in this country wil have to upset this apple cart. We… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
My first reaction to Trump being elected was a visceral one. I cried for black people in general but, more particularly, for… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
I am for Obama, all the way. I don't support Obama just because he is a black man; I support him because… — Tony Yayo Copy Share Image
We're talking about America - a country that's been built on the back of cheap labor. That's addicted to cheap labor. Talk… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Nobody has to tell me that this is a serious business. I'm not fighting one man. I'm fighting a lot of men,… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The police can go to downtown Harlem and pick up a kid with a joint in the streets. But they can't go… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people./May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
Strom Thurmond the only segregationist anyone can name. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party had former Klansmen, members of a terrorist group that was… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“It is one antiracist thing to say discriminators treated Black people like they were barbarians. It is yet another racist thing to… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
The Circle Theatre, black people had to sit in the balcony. Any theater with a balcony, black people had to sit up… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to… — Nina Simone Copy Share Image
With George Bush's policies, I could make an argument for how they affect black people in a negative way. You know what… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
I think people make certain assumptions about what they're interested in reading or what others would be interested in reading, and when… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I don't think because I hang out with enough black people, I'm gonna turn black. What kind of rationalization is that? I'm… — Khloe Kardashian Copy Share Image
I was told by the general manager that a white player had received a higher raise than me. Because white people required… — Curt Flood Copy Share Image
![“[Apostol Paul's] views were translated as, "Your rule is to be kind to black people; you don't beat them." It's very much the way we treated women in the 14th and 15th centuries. A woman was not human, and you should be kind to your wife like you are to all dumb animals. That was the mentality.” quote by John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/john-shelby-spong-1488_animal_apostol-paul-s-views-were-translated-as_2766975.png)
![“Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."” quote by Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/julianne-malveaux-8775_barack_black-child-poverty-is-higher-as-i-write_2034866.jpg)
