Action Quote by Michael Yates

I think that seeing as much support as somebody like Obama as a black candidate running for president in a country that historically has…

— David Draiman

Black culture is cool, but black issues sure aren't, huh?

— Azealia Banks

Racism is not nearly as important as poverty. That's the same around the world. What look like ethnic problems are really economic issues. If…

— Marjane Satrapi

I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to stay and build healthy relationships has…

— Hill Harper

I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.

— Andrew Young

Black Lives Matter and police brutality are issues that are important to me.

— Jabari Parker

We still have to struggle against the impact of racism, but it doesn't happen in the same way. I think it is much more…

— Angela Davis

I think the way the country has changed in part because of the presidency of Barack Obama, I think in part because of what…

— Killer Mike

Racism may be as systemic as it always was. It is the great problem of America. It's the one stumbling block that I don't…

— Robert Guillaume

I think there are profound differences between the civil rights struggle for African Americans and the civil rights struggle for gay Americans.

— Christopher Rice

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

In a time of racial unrest for white America, images of interracial relationships are a proxy for racial progress as long as the race…

— Jason Johnson