African american Quote by Harvey Fierstein

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.

— Ron Fournier

We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didn't walk…

— Saul Williams

The evidence of our divided racial self was all over the Obama presidency from the beginning: from the shouts of 'you lie' from the…

— Joy Reid

“Color prejudice is at the bottom of everything. If it’s not fixed, the plight of the Negro will continue long after abolition.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

No matter how accomplished we may be, just any little white person can come up and say, 'Well, you wouldn't be here, if it…

— Shelby Steele

I am so proud to be black. I am, nevertheless, tired of the oppression. We need to develop and support a cohesive black agenda.…

— Angela Rye

“In the midst of a national reckoning on race relations in America something extraordinary is happening. We are building a winning edge against divisiveness and…

— Germany Kent

There has been a struggle to reclaim the African self. That struggle has been on the part of a minority of dedicated African-Americans who…

— John Henrik Clarke

I think there's an awakening now of a realization that we too early congratulated ourselves on the end of racial prejudice and white supremacy.…

— Jimmy Carter

We're still a racist country, but we've come a long way since the civil rights eras and we are still a homophobic country, but…

— Rick Steves

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

— Constance Baker Motley

I wasn't burdened by a personal history of prejudice. It's part of why I thought Barack could win.

— Valerie Jarrett