Athletes Quote by Juan Williams

“There is a belief advanced today, and in some cases by conservative black authors, that poor children and particularly black children should not be…

— Jonathan Kozol

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they…

— Donald Glover

We put stereotypes on ourselves - like, everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just like,…

— Donald Glover

“Concurrently, the growing class power and public voice of conservative and liberal well-to-do black folks easily obscures the class cruelty these individuals enact both…

— bell hooks

“Take a little thought experiment. Imagine all the rampage school shooters in Littleton, Colorado; Pearl, Mississippi; Paducah, Kentucky; Springfield, Oregon; and Jonesboro, Arkansas; now…

— Michael S. Kimmel

Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority.

— Carter G. Woodson

Young people are constantly absorbing - through media, textbooks, and policy - the myths of American exceptionalism; for black children, this means that what…

— Clint Smith

I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I…

— Charles Barkley

Kids - black kids - are forced to grow up too soon.

— Russell Hornsby

“Resisting the stereotypes and affirming other definitions of themselves is part of the task facing young Black women in both White and Black communities.”

— Beverly Daniel Tatum

Put the strong, masculine figure in a school with tough kids and you have a certain control. It's very demeaning to the kids and…

— Lynne Stewart

As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moraldevelopment, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the ability to…

— James P Comer