Identity Quote by Franchesca Ramsey

People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not…

— Eric Holder

I talk about race a lot. It's been my work ever since I came out of acting school. But it's true that in a…

— Anna Deavere Smith

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

— Jordan Peele

I did a paper on why is race so uncomfortable to discuss. Is it because you don't want to bring up bad history in…

— O. J. Mayo

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

I have compromised down the line. I've disliked it intensely in the old days when you were trying to talk race relations and they…

— Rod Serling

These sorts of conversations should be second nature, it shouldn't be hard to talk about race.

— Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Talking about racism with white people can make white people very uncomfortable, Black people very uncomfortable.

— Wunmi Mosaku

I always describe race as the final taboo in American theatre. There's a real reluctance to have that conversation in an open, honest way…

— Lynn Nottage

Talking about class and identity can be as divisive as talking about race and racism.

— David Olusoga

I think one of the reasons with problems with conversation on race is that this is such a deeply personal conversation that it requires…

— Jonathan Capehart

Race is a very sensitive subject.

— Regina King