There is still an assumption among many people that to be black is to be lower class. In the last fifteen to… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
They always try to make it like jocks discriminate against gay people. I've been a big proponent of gay marriage for a… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
A black person grows up in this country - and in many places - knowing that racism will be as familiar as… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“[There is] no direct relationship between IQ and economic opportunity. In the supposed interests of fairness and “social justice”, the natural relationship… — Christopher Langan Copy Share Image
Fashion week is not an episode of 'Girls' or 'Friends,' where I'm OK that there is not a black person in sight… — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
“Often black people, especially non-gay folk, become enraged when they hear a white person who is gay suggest homosexuality is synonymous with… — bell hooks Copy Share Image
I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every… — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
We've begun to put fear into those whites who think they can do anything they want to a black person and get… — Charles Evers Copy Share Image
We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
People don't really want to hear me say this, but a black person who will give a million dollars to the Museum… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
I had explained that a woman's asking for equality in the church would be comparable to a black person's demanding equality in… — Mary Daly Copy Share Image
“Under standing orders from General Lee, the Army of Northern Virginia enslaved any and all black persons it could seize—in Virginia, Maryland,… — T.J. Stiles Copy Share Image
I come from a proud, Black family, and generations of proud, Black women. So I've always grown up with that special armor,… — Jade Cargill Copy Share Image
I am a black person. I come out of an experience of exile and migration. I have always felt myself to be… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Yes, I went through overt racism as a footballer in the 80s and early 90s but that was, or is, nothing compared… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
“F.S. Nariman rightly found some similarity between the decision of the ADM Jabalpur and that of Dred Scott, rendered more than a… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial. — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I paint black people is because I am a black person. — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
When I moved to Dunfermline, it was the first time I realised how different I looked to everyone else who grew up… — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
