Days Quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

We still have many neighborhoods that are racially identified. We still have many schools that even though the days of state-enforced segregation are gone,…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I think everyone should understand history of segregation the same way we had to go to school and read about George Washington. I believe…

— Mary J. Blige

...The Court ...[recognizes]...the persistence of racial inequality and a majority's acknowledgement of Congress's authority to act affirmatively, not only to end discrimination, but also…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

We've come a long way from the days of Jim Crow, and yes, we elected a black president, but racism lives.

— Bob Beckel

“What neither Warren nor most of the rest of us recognized was that segregation was not, as Nirej Sekhorn put it, simply a "taint"…

— Derrick Bell

South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black…

— Tariq Ramadan

In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent to crime,…

— June Jordan

That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though…

— Kathryn Stockett

Mindset changes are not happening from change in legislation. Like desegregation. We legally got rid of legal segregation, but schools are still segregated. You…

— Deborah Meier

It happens a lot every four years, or it used to, every time the Paralympics comes around. They'll be like: 'We've had this idea…

— Chris McCausland

I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in America is a spirit of repentance about the injustices of slavery…

— David Oyelowo

It's so Canada. On some level, you laugh, but on another level, it's just depressing. We pride ourselves: We're not like the bad old…

— Constance Backhouse