America Quote by June Jordan

Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within…

— Angela Davis

There's a class divide in black America that doesn't seem to trouble black Americans so much, but whites use it and exploit it. The…

— Darryl Pinckney

The problem of the negro is so criminal that many individuals and organizations are going to have to sacrifice what they call their organizational…

— Malcolm X

It's almost impossible to separate the actions, or it's also, it's almost impossible to separate the oppression and exploitation, criminal oppression and criminal exploitation…

— Malcolm X

Wherever black people are in America, criminalization exists. Wherever there is a white-dominant space, deep racism exists as well - no matter how progressive.…

— Patrisse Cullors

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 will probably have a tendency to lean toward trying to resolve the issues that negatively impact black people, but the overall picture and…

— David Banner

Well, the white race in America is the same way. As individuals it is impossible for them to escape the collective crime committed against…

— Malcolm X

I think we have come to a place in black America, sadly from my point of view, where we have once again begun to…

— Shelby Steele

We recriminalized black life. Incarceration rates since the 1908s have gone through the roof, overwhelmingly black males, women and Hispanics to some extent. Essentially…

— Noam Chomsky

Not all of us are as effective as we could be, should be, or need to be, but some of the [most important] issues…

— Michael C Dawson

We have police officers who may devalue the life of Black people. And that's what we have to change.

— Mike Espy