Disrespect Quote by Anna Deavere Smith

There are important differences that mean we appreciate each other, not tolerate each other. Race creates this idea that there's this massive difference. So…

— Amma Asante

Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day,…

— Anna Deavere Smith

It is strange, is it not, how the more strenuously we deny the importance of race in human affairs, the more obsessed with it…

— Anthony Daniels

We're just at a point in regard to race relations, we're at a tipping point in America. It's a crucial time. It's sad, honestly,…

— Andrew Hawkins

Too many people are afraid to talk about the issue of race. We should be willing to address it, and more importantly, when it…

— Ron Stallworth

We are a society that has been structured from top to bottom by race. You don't get beyond that by deciding not to talk…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

We have avoided in recent years talking openly and honestly about race out of fear that it will alienate and polarize. In my own…

— Michelle Alexander

Us as a people, we can't do it on our own. We have to understand that we're not each other's enemy. We have to…

— Kanye West

If I have learned one thing from life, it is that race is the engine that drives the political Left. When all else fails,…

— Ward Connerly

If I'm making fun of race or making fun of the differences of us, it's just because it's a reality of the situation of…

— Andrew Santino

Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation,…

— Eric Holder

The country has come a long way in race relations, but the pendulum swings so far back. Everyone wants to be so sensitive.

— Clint Eastwood