At the end of the day, if you're not against racism, you're racist. — Stephen Jackson Copy Share Image
Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss. — Lenny Kravitz Copy Share Image
Men's race, only to order his wife to know and feel compelled to order | true love but do not let that… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Just being a Negro doesn't qualify you to understand the race situation any more than being sick makes you an expert on… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity. — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
Keep on complaining about slavery and that was over 40 to 50 years ago. You know, black folks need to move on. — Ludacris Copy Share Image
I don't want the whole of my writing or my intellectual energy given over to race because I have diverse interests. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
The idea of the mulatto has been a gathering point for a wide variety of racial prejudices, fears, myths, and speculations. — Randall Kennedy 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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
In the U.S., blacks are 12% of the population but commit 50% of violent crimes; can anyone honestly think this is unconnected… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
“Segregation laws were proposed as part of a deliberate effort to drive a wedge between poor whites and African Americans. These discriminatory… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“I keep thinking about Marcus Garvey and what he says about black people knowing themselves. It's clear that if the so-called Negro… — Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Copy Share Image
Instead of accepting what James Baldwin called the "lie of whiteness," many people in lots of different fields and movement activities have… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
I believe deeply in a common humanity. The black man belongs to the family of man. One part of that family is… — Margaret Walker Copy Share Image
I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
If you think you aren't valid for whatever reason, let my existence and the way the world embraces my existence tell you… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
“In the end, we are left with this painful conundrum: we only need DEI initiatives because we don’t truly have a society… — Louis Yako Copy Share Image