“Is it possible for white America to really understand blacks’ distrust of the legal system, their fears of racial profiling and the… — Philip Dray Copy Share Image
It's hard for anyone intelligent to be nonviolent. Everything in the universe does something when you start playing with his life, except… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Black people drink lots of beer. However, you won't see us skiing down a mountain for one, or see us diving for… — Franklyn Ajaye Copy Share Image
“People – communities, castes, races and even countries – carry their tragic histories and their misfortunes around like trophies, or like stock,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white… — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination. — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
There are two reasons to pursue diversity and inclusion. One, because you believe one group has benefitted from hundreds of years of… — Chris Sacca Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate that we should find ourselves at this time the only disorganized group. Others have had the advantage of organization… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
“Looking out the window, Moist saw a small swarm of goblins leave the train and at first he thought, ha! Trust the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you spend five minutes with your worst enemy - it doesn't have to be about race, it could be about anything...… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
Mindset changes are not happening from change in legislation. Like desegregation. We legally got rid of legal segregation, but schools are still… — Deborah Meier Copy Share Image
Showing your own righteousness by pointing out someone's unrighteousness, the race to the bottom, the transgressions getting smaller and smaller and smaller… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
“Now, one hears from a long time ago that "white is merely a state of mind." I add to that, white is… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
I think the black man in America wants to be recognized as a human being; and it's almost impossible for one who… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I have spoken all over the world and I have great respect for Muslims, I have great respect for the African people,… — David Duke Copy Share Image
“I have been cheated out of being treated like a human being. In my reflection I saw an empty vessel. They had… — M.B. Wilmot Copy Share Image
“intersectionality”—prejudice stemming from the intersections of racist ideas and other forms of bigotry, such as sexism, classism, ethnocentrism, and homophobia.” — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
The national conversation around white entitlement, around institutionalized racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, I think, came about in large part because… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
In 2017, it's discouraging that it seems like we're going backward. And that's not just because of Trump; that's because we, as… — J Balvin Copy Share Image
People don't talk about small-town racism in Illinois or upstate New York. They're like, 'It's the South.' And it is. It's there.… — Tig Notaro Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons with problems with conversation on race is that this is such a deeply personal conversation that… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
“There's something to be said for learning a race by close study of its outcasts. Who doesn't fit into a society can… — Melisa Michaels Copy Share Image
The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
To assert that antisemitism is unlike other racisms is not to claim a privilege for it. Hating a Jew is no worse… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Trying to convince someone that they are a racist or they have White Privilege - if it's in the air they breathe… — Nate Parker Copy Share Image
Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
Nearly every black man faces an unacceptable level of violence in this society. I'm not different. Money can shield you; it can… — Puff Daddy Copy Share Image
At the start of the 21st century, Britain is caught in a confusing riptide of anxiety. Of course racism still exists, but… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Many who wave American flags also practice discrimination on the basis of race. Many who wave American flags practice anti-Semitism. We think… — Billy Campbell Copy Share Image
Do you know what integration really means? It means intermarriage. That's the real point behind it. You can't have it without intermarriage.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle… — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
People have been taught not just to have a negative perception of black people, but to have a belief in the superiority… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
I think the black community is no different from any other community. We need to take responsibility for how we live together.… — Pearl Cleage Copy Share Image
In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races its 90% mental because there's very little that… — Elka Graham Copy Share Image
Hate cultures are not a thing of the past. They're a continuing problem and one cannot blame presidencies for this. Racism in… — Daryl Davis Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope - the door of opportunity - is to be shut… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Mainstream Canadians, what some might call the dominant culture, like to think this racism doesn't happen. It's important to remind people that… — Don Iveson Copy Share Image
We've been conditioned to be incredibly avoidant. 'I'm afraid I'll be called a racist if I say something wrong,' is the familiar… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
