Racism Quote by Ibram X. Kendi

“Racist policies forcing free Blacks into menial jobs were being defended by racist claims that lazy and unskilled Black people were best for those…

— Ibram X. Kendi

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

— Ibram X. Kendi

“Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.”

— Angie Thomas

“Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.” Same shit, different century.…

— Angie Thomas

“Rich planters learned from Bacon’s Rebellion that poor Whites had to be forever separated from enslaved Blacks. They divided and conquered by creating more…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“Blacks must learn that true freedom from poverty is available only through hard work and perseverance, not through affirmative action programs, protesting, or blind…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

“culturally conservative black Americans who are convinced that integration, and to some extent the entire liberal dream, robbed them of their natural defenses.”

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit…

— Maya Angelou

“Current black leaders preach racial hatred and welfare dependency, not peace and independence. They earn their fat salaries by stirring up the racial pot…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

“White people find it extremely hard to live in an environment they don't control.”

— Coleman A. Young

“White folks have spent years giving Black folks their freedom on paper, but deep down they still expect us to say yes, massuh and…

— Jodi Picoult

“dismiss white people as the slightly mad victims of their own brainwashing. One watched the lives they led. One could not be fooled about…

— James Baldwin