Modern Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

“The story of race has become a self-fulfilling, self-perpetuating prophecy as the story creates the ideas, which then reinforce the story.”

— Debby Irving

“Race is neither an essence nor an illusion, but rather an ongoing, contradictory, self-reinforcing process subject to the macro forces of social and political…

— Ian F. Haney López

It is not races but individuals that are noble and courageous or ignoble and craven or considerate or persistent or philosophical or reasonable. The…

— Edwin Way Teale

The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time.

— Ashley Montagu

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.

— Steve Prefontaine

Race is the true protagonist of the American novel. Our most popular classic fictions have known this, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Beloved;' all these…

— Kevin Young

What I believe about race is that race is not real. It's not a biological reality. It's a hierarchical system that was created to…

— Rachel Dolezal

A race of people is like an individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own…

— Anonymous

“Jacqueline Jones argues, “Race signifies neither a biological fact, nor a primal prejudice, and it lacks the coherence of a robust political ideology; rather,…

— Steven Stoll

I write a lot about race precisely because I don't believe it's real.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

A race is a work of art.

— Steve Prefontaine

Race is an invention, not a noticeable genetic presence, and cultural traits are brute concoctions of the social sciences.

— Gerald Vizenor