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145 African Americans quotes by 118 unique authors
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You can turn away the Mexicans, the African-Americans, the teenagers and other suspect groups, but there's no fence high enough to keep out the repo…
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the language…
— Mildred D. Taylor
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If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed.
— Karl Rove
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The people who suffer in the Obama economy have been young people, African Americans, Hispanics, single moms.
— Ted Cruz
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The Dr. King holiday is not just for black people, African-Americans or people of African descent.
— LZ Granderson
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As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely to yield a…
— Bill de Blasio
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African-Americans are always forced to learn the other culture, but the other culture is not forced to learn ours. I went to acting school at…
— Tracie Thoms
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During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great…
— William Julius Wilson
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I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A…
— Willie Nelson
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There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have…
— Don Lemon
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African American history is really American history because African Americans really helped build this country.
— Don Lemon
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Reggie Campbell and Kathleen Goldsmith are participants in an American success story, the unprecedented boom of home-buying by African-Americans in the 1990s. Only he is…
— Bill Dedman
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African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the black culture, the African-American television viewing audience, but there…
— Malcolm-Jamal Warner
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Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen.
— Nicole Ari Parker
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Mainstream American society finds it easiest to be tolerant when the outsider chooses to minimize the differences that separate him from the majority. The country…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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It did occur to me that certainly African-Americans are not underserved in picture books, but those books are almost all about specifically black experiences.
— Chris Van Allsburg
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I think African Americans are resilient and hustlers by nature. I think they need to understand that you can take that hustle to the boardroom,…
— Daymond John
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Those close to Mr. Obama say he grows irritated at being misunderstood - not just by opponents who insinuate that he caters to African-Americans, but…
— Jodi Kantor
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For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion, let…
— Tim Wise
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Housing programs designed to help young families and senior citizens purchase homes should be available to people of all races, including African Americans.
— Loretta Lynch
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We need candidate schools to recruit more young African-Americans to run for office and more diverse law enforcement communities.
— Claire McCaskill
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Rent-to-own provides a vital service to millions of Americans. It is also critical for African-Americans, Latinos and other minorities to have access to alternative products…
— William Lacy Clay, Jr.
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Obamanomics, his imposition of European-style socialism, is not working for African-Americans. It is not working for Latinos and African-Americans.
— Niger Innis
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Affirmative action was designed to recognize the uniquely difficult journey of African-Americans. This policy was justifiable and understandable, even to those who came from white…
— Jim Webb
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The separate water foundations, park benches, bathrooms and restaurants of the Jim Crow South startled me. These experiences motivated my lifelong study of the status…
— James Heckman
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