There are only shades of gray. Black and white are nothing more than lofty ideals in our minds, the standards by which… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The way I was educated, maybe from just inhaling something in the air back then, I grew up believing that E. B.… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I'm worried about John Kerry, he's so confident now that he's already planning his White House sex scandal. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
If you make people laugh or cry about little black marks on sheets of white paper, what is that but a practical… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Who are the slumlords in the Black community? The so-called Jews. … Who is it sucking our blood in the Black community?… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not… — Amar Bose Copy Share Image
As late as the summer of 1941, the Atlantic Monthly, then a still respected magazine for literates and edited by White men,… — Revilo P. Oliver Copy Share Image
Light-skinned privilege is largely through a white lens. It is exploited by oppressive forces... It was always a facade. — Kendrick Sampson Copy Share Image
Going to Columbia, the first thing I learned was 'safe space.' Every problem, they explained us, is because of white men. — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy; and he concludes from this that the black is good… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I can always tell the demographic that will probably recognize me - white dudes, sort of skater-y hip hop white dudes, and… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I guess, in a way, I grew up mixed race: half white, half black. That question's always been on my mind: 'What… — Reggie Watts Copy Share Image
All that the Y.M.C.A.'s horse and rings really accomplished was to fill me with an ineradicable distaste, not only for Christian endeavor… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
It was a mind-blowing experience, it really was-absolutely an awesome thing. . . . As I got to the top I released… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies.… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
People are going to always have their opinions whether you date a black man or not. I've had girlfriends, family members comment… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
I feel I want to be wise with white hair in a tall library in a deep chair by a fireplace. — Gregory Corso Copy Share Image