Able Quote by Angelina Grimke

“Consciousness over Color, Intelligence over Ignorance”

— johnjwillard

“We are not born women of color. We become women of color. In order to become women of color, we would need to become…

— M. Jacqui Alexander

“As people of color, we sometimes resent having to educate others about our experiences and needs. But if we do not speak for ourselves,…

— Karen A Longman

To be a colored man in America ... and enjoy it, you must be greatly daring, greatly stolid, greatly humorous and greatly sensitive. And…

— Jessie Redmon Fauset

It's time we become comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations about race...Instead of being color blind, we need to be color brave.

— Mellody Hobson

Perhaps we shall also have to hold in check other coloured peoples who will soon be in their certain prime, and thus preserve the…

— Heinrich Himmler

I don't think people in America understand race, and how deep the hooks of whiteness there are in our consciousness.

— Eddie Huang

“As the brains of colored women expanded, their hearts began to grow. No sooner had the heads of a favored few been filled with…

— Mary Church Terrell

There's this moment happening in our culture where the power of the audience and the influence that people of color have is undeniable at…

— Elaine Welteroth

“Seeing race is not the problem. Refusing to care for the people we see is the problem. The fact that the meaning of race…

— Michelle Alexander

I'm one of those people who is colour blind to a certain degree. And that doesn't mean I'm not acutely aware of race in…

— Mike Colter

In the 'era of colorblindness,' there's a nearly fanatical desire to cling to the myth that we, as a nation, have 'moved beyond' race.

— Michelle Alexander