I'm not saying I have to write a book that's ten times better than my counterparts, but I do think that I… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Obviously, race is the elephant in the room, and we all understand that. Unless it is talked about constantly, it's not going… — Stan Van Gundy Copy Share Image
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Remember, we're talking [in The Black Power Mixtape] about 1967, the year before [Martin Luther] King's assassination. We're talking about the emergence… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
I can't turn around without hearing about some 'civil rights advance's White people seem to think the black man ought to be… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
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Kids raised on a culture of ‘We’re not going to keep score in the game because we don’t want anybody to lose.’… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
“So the myth that Jews belonged to a distinct and inferior race continued to grow throughout Europe. That myth gave individuals and… — Phyllis Goldstein 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
In 1996, Muhammad Ali and I co-authored a short book about bigotry and prejudice that was keyed to religious and racial divisions.… — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
Part of that is ordinary African-Americans, you come out of your house and you see the conditions in your neighborhood and you… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
It now appears that the negro race is, more than any other, susceptible of rapid civilization. The emancipation is observed, in the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“It is, then, not simply a question of black power or white power, but of how meaningfully to reenfranchise human power. This,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
As a white male in America, I have privilege. As a white male who happens to be an artist with a fan… — Macklemore Copy Share Image
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Grassroots groups challenge the "business-as-usual" environmentalism that is generally practiced by the more privileged wildlife-and conservation-oriented groups. The focus of activists of… — Robert D Bullard Copy Share Image
The blacks, those magnificent examples of the African race who have conserved their racial purity by a lack of affinity with washing,… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
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White America's live under this accusation that they're racist, they need to prove that they're not racist. In order to prove that… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
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