“A dread of white people now came to live permanently in my feelings and imagination. As the war drew to a close,… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and sons of former slave-owners… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“Audre Lorde once stated, “I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“The reality of an historic struggle for civil rights has degenerated into the hustling rhetoric of Newspeak. “Equal opportunity” now means preferential… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
As long as a white man does it, it's alright, a black man is supposed to have no feelings. But when a… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Black Revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. We are shaped by our oppression. We are… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“A new civil rights movement cannot be organized around the relics of the earlier system of control if it is to address… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Everybody deserves fair treatment, equal treatment in the eyes of the law and the state. And that includes gays, lesbians, transgender persons.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Actually, have you ever noticed how a Negro, in particular down south, where they're pretty close to the soil, personifies MEST? The… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
One of the funny things about the racism of the system, when I started 30 years ago, I'm in an area called… — Rafe Esquith Copy Share Image
“As late as 1950, the National Association of Real Estate Boards’ code of ethics warned that “a Realtor should never be instrumental… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“White Americans cannot deny their long history of abusive transactions with people of color. These offenses, it should be noted out of… — Richard Kluger Copy Share Image
“Lyndon Johnson knew this when he quipped, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man,… — Nancy Isenberg Copy Share Image
When it comes to racial issues, I'm very passionate about young girls just loving who they are in their own skin. Because… — Kelly Rowland Copy Share Image
“Black women are acting irresponsibly by giving birth to baby after baby out of wedlock. Most of these children are from different… — Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
Today, I think more than ever before, we have to speak up and speak out to end discrimination based on sexual orientation.… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
Show me a person without prejudice of any kind on any subject and I'll show you someone who may be admirably virtuous… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
Whether we want to own up to it or not, the welfare state has done what Jim Crow, gross discrimination and poverty… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
When we ask Negroes to abide by the law, let us also declare that the white man does not abide by law… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There was a resistance movement in the white community, and there was a determined civil rights movement by our neighbors and friends… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
“Business people - Your business - is your greatest prejudice: it ties you to your locality, to the company you keep, to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The state does not oppose the freedom of people to express their particular cultural attachments, but nor does it nurture such expression—rather… — Will Kymlicka Copy Share Image
“WE ARE ALL HUMAN It should not matter - That we grew up On opposite banks, Opposite streets, The opposite Side of… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The real point is that you cannot harbor malice toward others and then cry foul when someone displays intolerance against you. Prejudice… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
“There were distinct advantages to black atheism, to a disbelief in dreams and moral appeal. First, it removed the weight of believing… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Finally, I had held up examples of Goldhagen's inflammatory language and suggested that he had missed the essence of what Primo Levi… — Erna Paris Copy Share Image
“One indicator of the self-conscious dissociation of radicals like Gitlin and Hayden from reformers like King is that neither of them, nor… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
“The U.S. Supreme Court reversed, holding that when a pattern of race-based strikes has been identified by the defense, the prosecutor need… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
It's easy to pretend 'to be fierce and fearless because living your truth takes real courage. Real fearless and fierce women admit… — Gabrielle Union Copy Share Image
“Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
There is more racial integration in American life and many more people of color serving as elected officials and corporate leaders than… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
“My aim is not to provide excuses for black behavior or to absolve blacks of personal responsibility. But when the new black… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I don't think that other races are inferior, I just think that there's something special about white people. Sometimes, when I think… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It… — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image
No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences. My times become slower and slower, but… — George A. Sheehan Copy Share Image
Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports… — Steve Kerr Copy Share Image
“Communication between people of different nationalities enriches human society and makes it more colourful.. Imagine our Russian intellectuals, the kind, merry, perceptive… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
When I got the women's marathon into the Olympics and we had races all over the world I thought, 'That's great, now… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
“For colour’s sake alone, Purletta Johnson belonged to the Jamaican bourgeoisie. She was fair-skinned, had light grey eyes, and worse, she spoke… — Kei Miller Copy Share Image
“As I squatted on the grass at the edge of the woods, the pee felt hot between my legs. I watched in… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image