America Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I write about race in America in hopes of undermining the notion of race in America.

— Richard Rodriguez

Now, race is one of those topics in America that makes people extraordinarily uncomfortable. You bring it up at a dinner party or in…

— Mellody Hobson

It's very uncomfortable to talk about race. It often devolves before it begins.

— Jordan Peele

Race is a part of every conversation in America, whether you know it or not.

— Paul Singer

Race is not something inherent to one's being: One does feel more or less colored, depending on the situation.

— Glenn Ligon

Race is a subject about which there are points of agreement, and about which there is no agreement; a subject that is either spoken…

— Jonathan Coleman

Much of America is petrified to bring up race, especially in public forums - the media, in particular.

— Andrew Breitbart

Race as a subject only comes about because of what I look like. If I say something truthfully, people say "Oh, she's so angry."…

— Jamaica Kincaid

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

— Oscar Robertson

America is decidedly not 'post-racial.'

— Uzodinma Iweala

The race question in America has often been about race, but it has equally often been about power.

— H. W. Brands

I think everybody focuses on race, but it's about a ton of things, and I just see these things as all interrelated and all…

— Paul Beatty