Black people Quote by Ibram X. Kendi

“they refused to define their own assimilationist ideas of Black behavioral inferiority as racist. These assimilationists defined only segregationist ideas of Black biological inferiority…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“Both segregationist and assimilationist ideas have been wrapped up in attractive arguments to seem good, and both have made sure to re-wrap antiracist ideas…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“the real thing behind the way folks feel is simply race prejudice—and I don’t say I’m blaming those that hold it.”

— H.P. Lovecraft

“For nearly six centuries, antiracist ideas have been pitted against two kinds of racist ideas: segregationist and assimilationist.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

When things aren't going well for black people, they blame the government. When things aren't going well for white people, they can't blame the…

— W. Kamau Bell

“assimilationists constantly encourage Black adoption of White cultural traits and/or physical ideals.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

“Overt bigotry, Jim Crow laws and policies, government-mandated discrimination, and the belief in black inferiority have virtually disappeared. Laissez-faire racism, instead, involves persistent negative…

— Thomas Shapiro

“Whenever a Black person or group used White people as a standard of measurement, and cast another Black person or group as inferior, it…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“I don't want people to think I mind being mistaken for African American. I don't. There are, however, many African immigrants in America who,…

— Nadia Owusu

“My aim is not to provide excuses for black behavior or to absolve blacks of personal responsibility. But when the new black conservatives accent…

— Cornel West

“Black behavior—not the wrenching housing and economic discrimination—was blamed for these impoverished Black enclaves.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of…

— Nate Parker