The journey of making 'Hidden Figures' has shown me the automatic privilege that all white men are afforded in America in 2017… — Theodore Melfi Copy Share Image
It especially annoys me when racists are accused of 'discrimination.' The ability to discriminate is a precious faculty; by judging all members… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Racism may be as systemic as it always was. It is the great problem of America. It's the one stumbling block that… — Robert Guillaume Copy Share Image
What shaped my politics regarding war and peace was Martin Luther King Jr., the most extraordinary person that I ever heard. And… — Ron Dellums Copy Share Image
We do not believe in the notion of God's chosen people. We laugh at this people's fancies and weep over its misdeeds.… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
In the 1970s people were afraid to call me black because they thought it was an insult. They would say 'coloured.' Now… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
As a social concept, 'white' is profound in its meaning. It means people who either come from or appear to come from… — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
Our decentralized, localized leadership structure has really allowed for Black Lives Matter structures in their own communities to take on the state… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
It seems to me that obliviousness about white advantage, like obliviousness about male advantage, is kept strongly inculturated in the United States… — Peggy McIntosh Copy Share Image
People keep telling me about the white race and the black race - and it really doesn't make sense. I played Miami,… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“There could be something wrong with me because I see Negroes neither better nor worse than any other race. Race pride is… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Segregations, by which I mean people living in a certain area, was a planned system. It was made that way. And what… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The cornerstones of this country's operation are economic and political strength and power. The black man doesn't have the economic strength -… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“San Franciscans would have sworn on the Golden Gate Bridge that racism was missing from the heart of their air-conditioned city. But… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Those in the community who defy authority and 'break the law' seem to enjoy the good life and have everything in the… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A very hurting thing for Black Americans - to feel that we can't love our enemies. People forget what a great tradition… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The only way not to worry about the race problem is to be doing something about it yourself. When you are, natural… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
The churches that are most obviously democratic are most obviously given to race prejudice. I mean the churches that have absolute congregational… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
I saw all races, all colors, blue eyed blonds to black skinned Africans in true brotherhood! In unity! Living as one! Worshiping… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Race? It is a feeling, not a reality. Ninety-five per cent, at least. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
“…it is no longer useful to…keep defining and elaborating our understandings of the exact nature of racism, sexism, class and sexual orientation… — Aurora Levins Morales Copy Share Image
“If only I were articulate to paint in the frail medium of words what I see and know and possess incorporated in… — Jack London Copy Share Image
What's really hit me over the years is that you go to every race and see all the well-wishers, and you really… — Bobby Rahal Copy Share Image
It was not my aim to paint about the Negro in America in terms of propaganda. It is to depict the life… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed I know… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“For ages anthropologists lumped all African peoples into one ‘race,’ but the genetic truth is that the larger world’s diversity is more… — Sam Kean Copy Share Image
“That mess about judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin—that's some bullshit. Nobody has… — Emily Raboteau Copy Share Image
“For progressive universalizers, the vision is an egalitarian society leveling the playing field and delivering good jobs and fair rewards across class,… — Charles Derber Copy Share Image
It's impossible for 30 million black people to be violent against 170 million - we need a mental revolution, unity in coming… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
You blame your own shortcomings on sex and race. The mafia, homosexuals and all the Jews. It's hogwash point of views, stereotypical.… — Nas Copy Share Image
I encounter a lot of prejudice and a lot of darkness. I have to negotiate constantly through situations that are uncomfortable or… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
To be raised as a man of color in America - especially a black man, and particularly a very dark black man… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
“We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
To make an absolutely gross generalization, I think a lot of people feel like if you're mixed, more often than not you're… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
I will not accept racism at all. It's unacceptable. If someone throws a banana at me in the street, I will go… — Mario Balotelli Copy Share Image
It is with great satisfaction that I learned of the adoption by consensus of the Durban Declaration against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia… — Lionel Jospin Copy Share Image