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I think it's really important that we understand the ways in which blackness plays out, right, and discrimination against black people impacts different communities…

— Opal Tometi

I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which,…

— Abraham Lincoln

So much has to do with going beyond treating black people as cosmetic and symbolic items, as opposed to genuine personalities and human beings.…

— Cornel West

If the nature of human experience changes with the color of a man's skin, then the racists have been right all along.

— Athol Fugard

If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.

— Neal Brennan

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality…

— Wanda Sykes

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

If integration will get [black man] that [respect as the human being], all right. If segregation will get him that, all right. If separation…

— Malcolm X

Nearly every black man faces an unacceptable level of violence in this society. I'm not different. Money can shield you; it can protect you.…

— Puff Daddy

Blackness better defines who I am philosophically and socially than whiteness does.

— Rachel Dolezal

There's no doubt that many of the mainstream white institutions tend to be cosmetic and symbolic when it comes to including African-Americans, whereas we…

— Cornel West

You mix the affluence of the white and the poverty of the black and you do not get a civilized society. Integration on an…

— Marya Mannes