I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans - who are just as patriotic as we are. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The way we have to measure progress is not, "Is there ever going to be an incident of racism in the country?"… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person... — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am absolutely convinced that race relations on the whole are actually better now than they were 20 years [ago]. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about the African-American experience in this country is that we are sort of a mongrel of people. I mean… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Historically - when you look at how America has evolved, typically we make progress on race relations in fits and starts. We… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The United States, we know what happens when we start dividing ourselves along lines of race or religion or ethnicity. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The criminal-justice system is, obviously, the sole source of racial tension in this country [USA] or the key institution to resolving the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I actually believe that some residue of discrimination would lessen, because it's my view that there is a certain percentage of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you're out of work and you can't buy a home or you've lost your home and you're worried about paying your… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The emotions between the races could never be pure; even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we got there and we looked up and we said, "You know what? Black folks are still doing a little bit… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to recognize we've got some big problems on race, just like we got still big problems on crime, just like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear. Through initiatives… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What used to be racial segregation now mirrors itself in class segregation, this great sorting (has) taken place. It creates its own… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“We’re never so outraged as when a cabbie drives past us or the woman in the elevator clutches her purse, not so… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Everybody deserves fair treatment, equal treatment in the eyes of the law and the state. And that includes gays, lesbians, transgender persons.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We forget now, but during his life, Dr. King wasn't always considered a unifying figure. Even after rising to prominence, even after… — Barack Obama 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 always tell young people in particular: Do not say that nothing's changed when it comes to race in America, unless you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As I got older, then my particular ambitions started cohering around creating a world in which people of different races or backgrounds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I warn young people that I interact with about this - you get into unrealistic expectations where you think that, "Oh, we're… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. 'You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Race is still a powerful force in this country. Any African American candidate, or any Latino candidate, or Asian candidate or woman… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image