African american Quote by Henry Louis Gates

It is perfectly logical and proper to recognize differences between races and colors and creeds - as long as we don't classify them as…

— Arlene Francis

Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it.

— George Orwell

Americans have their issues with skin colour, even within the black community, with light and dark skin; it's crazy - but no one's oblivious…

— Estelle

I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America.

— Bert Williams

“In the midst of getting my understanding of racial categories shaken up, I started thinking, What if, instead of categorizing people by skin color,…

— Debby Irving

Latinos are not monochromatic. You know, they trace their ancestry back to South America, to Central America, to Mexico, like in my family, and…

— Eric Garcetti

“Almost 48 percent of those who identified as Hispanic or Latina/o categorized themselves as white, even though many do not meet the dominant racial…

— Isabel Molina-Guzman

I think in terms of the themes that I have worked on most is establishing questions of race in the context of Latin America.…

— Bocafloja

That split is inside all Americans. There are contradictions inside all of us about color and race. We've learned to cover them up and…

— John Edgar Wideman

The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting.

— Jai Rodriguez

To operate with the aspiration of color-blindness in a country whose central operating mechanism for centuries has been race belies the logic of race-neutral…

— Clint Smith

There is a system of racial and social control in communities of color across America.

— Michelle Alexander