America Quote by Cornel West

“Race is neither an essence nor an illusion, but rather an ongoing, contradictory, self-reinforcing process subject to the macro forces of social and political…

— Ian F. Haney López

Historically, unfortunately, race seems to be the major division that humanity has imposed on itself, a way of subdividing into smaller groups.

— David Mitchell

Historically - when you look at how America has evolved, typically we make progress on race relations in fits and starts. We make some…

— Barack Obama

“When we let "RACE" to become the narrative in everything we do, then we'll never have an "America" of its true quality, that, "all…

— Henry Johnson Jr

“And there is a paradox that many of you refuse to see: to get to a point where race won’t make a difference, we…

— Michael Eric Dyson

At the heart of the problem is the fact that the United States is a racially divided nation where extreme racial inequalities continue to…

— Robert D Bullard

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

Broadly speaking, we are in the middle of a race between human skill as a means and human folly as an end.

— Bertrand Russell

The patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable. ... We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America.

— Hillary Clinton

Race in America has always centered on our mutual agreement not to see each other. White or non-white. Black or non-black. Mongoloid, Hindoo. We've…

— Eric Liu

Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.

— Roger Dawson

Race impacts 90 percent of our society - and I'm probably undershooting that figure. I find this fascinating and like to address it when pertinent.

— Jemele Hill