Accomplished Quote by Sonia Sotomayor

This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life.

— Sonia Sotomayor

Have you lost your mind? I mean, how is it that you can disrespect a mans ethnicity when you know we've influenced nearly every…

— Cedric The Entertainer

I also believe that you are what you have to defend, and if you're a black man that's always going to be the bar…

— Don Cheadle

I grew up poor and white. While my class oppression has been relatively visible to me, my race privilege has not. In my efforts…

— Robin DiAngelo

One of the things I try to work with white people on is letting go of our criteria about how people of color give…

— Robin DiAngelo

When I grew up, my race was not a thing. My identity was in my class. It was not about colour on my estate.

— Michaela Coel

It's one thing when other African-Americans try to threaten my race card, but when people outside of my ethnicity have the audacity to question…

— Issa Rae

Our vulnerability is that both blacks and whites can use our impossible racial authenticity against us. Both races can throw up our mixed background…

— Shelby Steele

I'm African-American by my culture, not by my color. Race does not exist.

— Terry Crews

All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of books on…

— Tom Hayden

All power within the microcosm of my world was held and wielded by people who look like me. Plus, I think Nigerians all have…

— Chris Abani

As a woman of color you have little more permission to go deeper and question things because your identity, in a way, is a…

— Margaret Cho