Blackness Quote by Alex Haley

“Today's youth cannot escape the shadow of racism that has been passed down organically from parents and others who cling to a distorted image…

— Thomas Norman DeWolf

Blatant hostility and racism toward whites is common among black youth.

— Jesse Lee Peterson

“What you have now then is the marketing of racialized identities as tools for consumption. And certain racialized bodies and images are associated with…

— Amalia Mesa-Bains

White consciousness is deeply anti-black, and that's for progressives and conservatives.

— Robin DiAngelo

“Whether they are able to enact it as lived practice or not, many white folks active in anti-racist struggle today are able to acknowledge…

— bell hooks

“The term 'black' was given a rebirth by the black youth revolt. As reborn, it does not refer to the particular color of any…

— Chancellor Williams

“An anti-racist person is on a life-long journey that includes forming new understanding of and ways to live her or his racial identity and…

— Louise Derman-Sparks

Many black youths are defying stereotypes, achieving good academic results, finding employment and contributing to their communities. But helping those who fall behind is…

— David Lammy

A whole generation of young whites have involved themselves with traditional Negro music.

— Archie Shepp

The tendency to conformity in our society is so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black. This…

— Solomon Asch

“Concurrently, the growing class power and public voice of conservative and liberal well-to-do black folks easily obscures the class cruelty these individuals enact both…

— bell hooks

For generations, black children have been brought up to have a critical race consciousness, a framework for dealing with prejudice and discrimination, which helps…

— Rachel Simmons