Back Quote by Lonnie Earl Johnson

I think if people genuinely want to help ... that'll shine through, no matter what color or what race. We cannot see race before compassion.

— Janelle Monae

I do think that it's a responsibility when there are so few of us as African Americans to kind of get to that place…

— Misty Copeland

What would it take for you to acknowledge that race is an issue? Maybe you don't want to acknowledge that race is an issue.

— Marc Morial

Race impacts 90 percent of our society - and I'm probably undershooting that figure. I find this fascinating and like to address it when pertinent.

— Jemele Hill

Racism is the most divisive force in our society, so until it is dealt with we cannot hope for much.

— Michael Yates

one question for me and others like me is whether ... we will get truly distressed, even outraged, about unearned race advantage and conferred…

— Peggy McIntosh

I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

— Nicole Ari Parker

This is the 21st century, and we would all like to think racism is dead in America. Actually, that's not the case: still there…

— Alveda King

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are…

— Margaret Atwood

Everyone is very aware that, not only do we have a race problem, but it's so pervasive that it affects national and global politics…

— Justin Simien

Everyone needs to realize the responsibility they hold and realize where they can make a difference.

— Philomena Kwao

We are a society that has been structured from top to bottom by race. You don't get beyond that by deciding not to talk…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw