Racism Quotes by John Henrik Clarke

8 Racism quotes by John Henrik Clarke

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John Henrik Clarke’s eight brief statements on racism distill his scholarly perspective into bite‑size insights. This compact set provides a clear snapshot of his ideas, ideal for anyone looking for a swift, focused read.

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There has been a struggle to reclaim the African self. That struggle has been on the part of a minority of dedicated…

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It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they…

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“Racists will always call you a racist when you identify their racism. To love yourself now - is a form of racism.…

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It's time for Black people to stop playing the separating game of geography, of where the slave ship put us down. We…

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I say if black people don't unite and begin to support themselves, their communities and their families, they might as well begin…

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In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope…

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The impact of racism has changed our look at ourselves because basically racism was meant to make us look unfaithfully at ourselves,…

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The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America…

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Service is the highest form of prayer as far as I am concerned.

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Man's most intelligent age may have gotten lost in history.

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I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly…

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My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our…

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When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I…

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Violence among all people is based on dissatisfaction, frustration and crushed ambition and people who don't know who to strike at and who to…

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What we might have been dealing with here - with the building of the Pyramids - is an age that got lost. Man had…

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Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact

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History is a compass that you locate yourself on the map of human geography, politically, culturally, financially.

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You walk out in the street, we don't know if we're going to get across. It's a test.

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Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.

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Break all the TVs, burn all the Bibles.

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