Attentive Quote by James A. Forbes

I believe that white people need to check themselves, account for their privileges, and undergo whatever interaction with communities of color with that understanding.…

— Bocafloja

I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinctby time and circumstances, are inferior…

— Thomas Jefferson

Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a…

— Derrick Bell

I advance it therefore as a suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race, or made distinct by time and circumstances, are…

— Thomas Jefferson

There is a tendency to want to treat blacks as a monolithic socioeconomic group.

— William Julius Wilson

It's not just a struggle for blacks to be accepted by whites, but the other way around as well. A lot of people don't…

— Q-Tip

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass,…

— Henry Louis Gates

We all stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. We're in a relay race, relying on the financial and human capital of our parents…

— Nicholas Kristof

Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.

— August Wilson

The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Blacks are supposed to rejoice whenever our way of life becomes more mainstream. We seldom do. For we see in it a sanctioning that…

— Lena Williams