American Quote by Gloria Steinem

I think there's a lot of the hip-hop crowd behind Barack Obama because he's a black man. Honestly, I'm rooting for Hillary because race…

— Lupe Fiasco

I wonder who really is the change candidate? It can't be both of them [Hillary Clinton & Barak Obama]. What would be a black…

— Jon Stewart

Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This is a…

— Gwen Ifill

I don't think that the United States are ready for a presidency as the one of Obama, at least because he would be the…

— Gianfranco Fini

Barack Obama's official nomination as the Democratic Party's standard-bearer was a very poignant moment for millions of Americans. As the first non-white major party…

— Chuck Todd

Black men - one might be the president. Well, America's in too much trouble - I don't want that job now.

— Muhammad Ali

If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in…

— Geraldine Ferraro

We're ready for a real black President - someone like Jay-Z. Obama's fine, just not all black. He's our gateway Negro.

— Christopher Titus

Bill [Clinton] is every bit as black as Barack. He's probably gone with more black women than Barack.

— Andrew Young

Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with…

— Chris Rock

Black women are going to have to take more leadership. I think we are prepared because we bring a tenaciousness with us. We do…

— Maxine Waters

Black women usually don't get the luxury of faking their way through life and still succeeding, but when a white guy does it, he…

— Sarah Cooper