Action Quote by Sandra Day O'Connor

I think that the opportunity to improve race relations in the United States has been put off temporarily.

— Stephen Ambrose

White people will have quite enough to do in learning how to accept and love themselves and each other, and when they have achieved…

— James A. Baldwin

[I] can't actually imagine a time in which the need for more diversity would ever cease. Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation…

— Eric Holder

When you allow racial disparity and institutional inequity to affect one part of the country, eventually it's coming back to get everyone.

— Tim Wise

How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being demoted to the status of equality with non-whites? . . .…

— Andrew Manis

We have not been energetic enough - white people haven't - in pursuing racial equity.

— George Saunders

We're going to start seeing that it's actually less about race and more about class in the future. As much as we complain about…

— Pharrell Williams

I agree with the (Supreme Court's) holding that racial discrimination in higher education admissions will be illegal in 25 years. They are illegal now.

— Clarence Thomas

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

— Michael Yates

The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing…

— Thomas Sowell

It scares me to death if Affirmative Action goes away.

— Judith Love Cohen

But I think the possibility of a black and white society feeding each other's expertises, living harmoniously, will probably go along in fits and…

— Janet Suzman