Acrobatics Quote by Mary Church Terrell

I don't like the term 'black people', I find it demeaning to those of us that actually qualify as 'people'.

— Zach Braff

I'm not naive. All politics is about identity, right? Neighborhood politics, cultural politics, issue politics. It's not as though I don't get that. It's…

— Ayanna Pressley

It comes down to this: black people were stripped of our identities when we were brought here, and it's been a quest since then…

— Spike Lee

“Before dehumanizing a population, we set them apart as a "race." That is, a variety of people who are fundamentally different from "us." The…

— David Livingstone Smith

...I cannot help being astonished at the furious and ungoverned execration which all reference to the possibility of a fusion of the races draws…

— Fanny Kemble

I don't think the people run to the polls and vote simply on the basis of identity. Yes, it is a factor, of course…

— Michael Capuano

Why do airline pilots always call passengers "folks"? I don't usually take umbrage at generic terminology--I'm one of those forward-thinkers who believes that "man"…

— C.E. Murphy

“Not all people are 'people', some are more and some are less. But only those who listen intently with their hearts will recognise them…

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

It always seemed to me that white people were judged as individuals. But if a Negro did something stupid or wrong, it was held…

— Annie Elizabeth Delany

“Under the white population of the United States of America only the reactionary classes oppress the black population. Under no circumstance can they represent…

— Mao Zedong

It’s not about electing the right people. It’s about a narrowing their responsibilities.

— John Stossel

“When culture only rewards the assertion of group identity (black, female, queer etc.), the silent majority will want its slice of the identitarian pie.…

— Sohrab Ahrmari