Actively Quote by Derrick Bell Download Open image “Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.” — Derrick Bell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actively Blacks Civil Civil Right Civil rights Few Promote Ready Rights Whites
I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
No civil rights movement has gotten anywhere without the help of white liberals. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Throughout American history, whites have played a significant role in helping blacks secure freedom and equality. — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community. — Ziggy Marley Copy Share
I have a long history in fighting for civil rights. I understand that many people in the African-American community may not understand that. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“If non-white groups continue to advance race-based interests, is it wise for whites to continue to act as if they have none?” — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
There are a few blacks who have the courage to speak honestly about immorality within the black culture, and whites should work with them… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
We must recognize that all the civil rights laws in the world are not going to solve the problem of minority underachievement. Ultimately, blacks… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
Sure there are a few good whites just as much as there are a few bad Blacks. However what we are concerned here with… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
While individual whites may be against racism, they still benefit from the distribution of resources controlled by their group. — Robin DiAngelo Copy Share Image
I grew up in Ohio, where civil-rights accomplishments had already begun to accelerate before Martin Luther King appeared. In hindsight, we know that many… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
“The Portland school board's policy equated integration and racial assimilation. This policy, Rist explains, is a "means of socializing nonwhite students to act, speak, and believe very much like white students." It leaves dominant group values intact, does no damage to notions of white superiority, and helps to gain the support of those whites who view it as a means… — Derrick Bell Copy Share
“What neither Warren nor most of the rest of us recognized was that segregation was not, as Nirej Sekhorn put it, simply a "taint" or "bias." It was the dominant interpretive framework for a social structure that organizes the American garden's very configuration. Segregation was not merely an oppressive legal regime, it consolidated the imaginative lens through which Americans would… — Derrick Bell Copy Share
“Regrettably, I paid far less attention to all those students less able to overcome the hostility and the sense of alienation they faced in… — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation -- to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and… — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
“As with most voluntary school integration programs, dispersal of the black children was the norm. In Portland, no more than forty-five black children were bused to any single elementary school, and white schools of four-hundred to five-hundred pupils received as few as four and in most instances only ten to fifteen black students. Brush Elementary, the all-white school Rist selected… — Derrick Bell Copy Share
“A few white children were friendly, but others were hostile or simply distant. Teachers unthinkingly added to both problems by physically separating black students… — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
“Today, many whites oppose all social reform as "welfare programs for blacks." They ignore the fact that poor whites have employment, education, and social service needs that differ from the condition of poor blacks by a margin that, without a racial scorecard, becomes difficult to measure. In summary, the blatant involuntary sacrifice of black rights to further white interests, so… — Derrick Bell Copy Share
“Harry Belafonte explained: [T]he Second World War happened, and my mother told me that the fight against Hitler was our fight, and I went off, just like that. We were fighting against tyranny, fighting for freedom. But when we-the Black soldiers-came home, we found it was business as usual. There were no changes in the segregation laws. There was no… — Derrick Bell Copy Share
It appears that my worst fears have been realized: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor. — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation - to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and… — Derrick Bell Copy Share Image
“Here is a foundation for understanding today what was clear to only a few fifty years earlier. Now we can see how the state-mandated racial segregation that was the subject of the Brown litigation did not suddenly appear, as a former student, Nirej Sekhorn, put it, like a bad weed in an otherwise-beautiful racial garden, a weed the Court sought… — Derrick Bell Copy Share
A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain. — Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Copy Share Image
Historically, Jews only accept converts rather than actively seeking them. — David Novak Copy Share Image
I would say that I have become more radical as I have gotten older. I started out very radical when I was young, like… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
A lot of consumers actively enjoy advertising, especially fashion print ads and clever TV commercials. The nostalgic cable channel TVLand features not only vintage… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Americans should not have to wonder if their government is actively looking to subvert them or their political views. We live in a nation… — Mike Turner Copy Share Image
True terrorism, you know, weaponized fear. In defense of ourselves, we're fighting - actively fighting something else. But if you're going to fight terrorism,… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
The difference between our family and other poor families was that my mother actively chose to be poor. She was highly literate, and she… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
As an actor, I think it's really important to be as anonymous as possible. It's your job to convince people that you are somebody… — Jodhi May Copy Share Image
Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track. — Jane Kaczmarek Copy Share Image
People are looking for certainty. The more complex the world becomes, the more people look for people to give them certainty and tell them… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only a tiny fraction actively participate. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
