The people who invented race, who grouped us together as "black," were inventing and categorizing their ability to do something vicious and… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
It is important that early in life you choose companionable prejudices, for the fact is that they are likely to stay with… — Virginia Cary Hudson Copy Share Image
“I believe it’s incredibly important to write against [racial] stereotypes. If we give in and make sure that all black women characters… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
I don't know how often white people look around and think, 'Wow, there's really a lot of white people here; we should… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
Why go from the individual to the entire race, from the singular to the group, from the guilty to the innocent? We… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
“He has no education. He has no skills. He doesn't know what to do, where to be. The world has been taught… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
As a result of America's efforts to realize the ideals of equality and freedom, blacks in America are now the freest and… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
The only way for white folks to reclaim the full arc of their humanity, the full trajectory of their ethical content, of… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Instead of casting away all our old prejudices, we cherish them to a very considerable degree, and, to take more shame to… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“After all, in the nineteenth century, racists relied on phrenology, or the “science” of determining personality traits based on the shape of… — Francione, Gary L Copy Share Image
There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Are you kidding me?' Shan asked, slightly drunk, slightly dramatic, and now sitting yoga style on the floor. 'You can't write an… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
You grow up and recognise that in an educated, secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognise in yourself,… — Hozier Copy Share Image
“Since White America refuses to see its past, they can't really see me either. Add to that a little of Madame C.J.s… — Mat Johnson Copy Share Image
The system of patriarchy is a historic construct; it has a beginning; it will have an end. Its time seems to have… — Gerda Lerner Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other… — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time she is… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I can think of no better reason to vote against Obama than the prospect of an administration where any criticism of the… — Glenn Reynolds Copy Share Image
So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
I look at an ant and l see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Black people created their own stereotype. Now its hard for me to be a educated young black man without being labeled as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of… — Samuel George Morton Copy Share Image
I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived… — Dave Matthews Copy Share Image
It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“Nothing is such an enemy to accuracy of judgment as a coarse discrimination; a want of such classification and distribution as the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
We've seen a lot of people come together, no matter the race, and have support of black people. I think that's a… — Michael Carter-Williams Copy Share Image
I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism.… — James Brown Copy Share Image
The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Until the white man in America sits down and talks with The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, he won't even know what the race… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
If we had done the work that we should have done in the 20th century to combat our history of racial inequality,… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
As America prepared for war in 1941, discrimination largely shut black Americans out of job opportunities in the growing defense industry. — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
Joseph Conrad was a thoroughgoing racist. That this simple truth is glossed over in criticisms of his work is due to the… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
When we say never again, our common humanity dictates that we take a stand against racism, discrimination, anti semitism and staying silent. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Ninety-nine out of a hundred conversations in the media about race go through the same kabuki: Ignore the victims. Humanize the thugs.… — Colin Flaherty Copy Share Image
Black Lives Matter is really an affirmation for our people. It's a love note for our people, but it's also a demand.… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Transgender people, especially transgender women of color, face pervasive discrimination throughout life, including by those sworn to protect us. — Sarah McBride Copy Share Image
I consider racism to be a medical problem. Racists need serious medical and psychiatric help, because they are killing themselves and making… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image