“I shall not vote for Sen. Obama and it will not be because he—like me and like all of us—carries African genes.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“First, it confirmed how inextricably interwoven the past is in the present, how heavily that past bears on the future; we cannot… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
“We could choose to be a nation that extends care, compassion, and concern to those who are locked up and locked out… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
You and I both know, deep in your heart, you agree with me. And I will prove it with one hypothetical scenario:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This book makes a simple argument: that American criminal justice isn’t one system with massive racial disparities but two distinct regimes. One… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
Slavery remained in the Deep South by other names - in prison programs with charges over nothing and eternal debt that threatened… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
The imperialistic or capitalistic system occupies areas. It occupies Vietnam now. They occupy them by sending soldiers there, by sending policeman there.… — Huey Newton Copy Share Image
New Orleans invented the brown paper bag party - usually at a gathering in a home - where anyone darker than the… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
White guilt is more of a sanctioned social convention than a genuine emotional experience. It’s a form of theatrical empathy that’s socially… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
“Racism didn't magically go away just because we refuse to talk about it. Rather, overt racial language is replaced by covert racial… — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
My mom experienced racism. She was harassed by the KKK several times. And I experienced racism myself, growing up. In New Jersey,… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
Everybody has asked the question, ... 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning.… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“Physicians, patients, and ethicists must also understand that acknowledging abuse and encouraging African Americans to participate in research are compatible goals. History… — Harriet A. Washington Copy Share Image
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It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's important for us to recognize that although historically black communities have been very progressive with respect to issues of… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
“Telling people that they are racist—on the basis of immutable characteristics, using incomprehensible definitions that they may not know or understand—then claiming… — Dr Val Thomas Copy Share Image
“In 1965, as Ralph Gleason has reported, when Martin Luther King's march on Selma, Alabama, was brutally attacked by local and state… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I am disappointed with America. And there can be no great disappointment where there is not great love. I am disappointed with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Prejudice against other animals arises from socially promulgated beliefs that reflect a speciesist ideology, created to legitimate economic exploitation or elimination of… — David A. Nibert Copy Share Image
There are lots of research, of course, saying that a vast majority of us have been exposed to racial biases and stereotypes… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
With the help of pressure groups, government now has crossed over into the final frontier of bigotry, what writer and Catholic theologian… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
The thing that would probably surprise most people was that Dr. Martin Luther King was a very reluctant leader. He felt very… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
When you stand up in the morning, you look in the mirror and say, 'I'm black.' No. You wake up and you… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
I hope that audiences understand that there is a precariousness to black lives in this country that we need to address, that… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
“Despite the superficial similarities created by global technology, the dynamics of peer-orientation are more likely to promote division rather than a healthy… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
I know that the black man's sick attitude toward the white woman is a revolutionary sickness: it keeps him perpetually out of… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
If integration will get [black man] that [respect as the human being], all right. If segregation will get him that, all right.… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I am not sure that I know enough about the pre-history of 9/11 to agree or disagree. But I did think at… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“These studies are about a lot more than foul calls and strikeouts. They’re about the nature of racism today: subtle, pervasive, persistent.… — Jeremy A. Smith Copy Share Image
Everybody brings their thing to their criticism. I bring this wealth of opinions and feeling and knowledge about race and gender and… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
First and foremost, I want people to have a good read, because I want everything I write to entertain people. There are… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
The Ahmaud Arbery video was the final straw for me in being silent. That shook me to the core like nothing has… — Bubba Wallace Copy Share Image
Rise up Black Men, and take your stand. Reach up black men and women and pull all nature’s knowledge to you. Turn… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
“...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
“There are fundamentally two ways you can experience the police in America: as the people you call when there's a problem, the… — Chris L. Hayes Copy Share Image
“They'd run all these tests on him and decided he wasn't racist. He wasn't, either, but not because he thought about it… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
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