America Quote by Ta-Nehisi Coates

When I was a kid growing up in New York, I was pretty unaware of racism. I think when we're young - before we…

— Dave Matthews

“In American, the history of racism is taught like this: 'There was slavery and then there was Jim Crow and then there was Martin…

— Trevor Noah

As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our…

— Al Sharpton

Racism is cruel and unjust. It cuts deep and lingers long in individual and community memories. And it is not a thing of the…

— William Deane

I think about the history of racism in this country all the time.

— Clint Smith

A lot of people experience racism at different times on different terms.

— Luol Deng

As an African American woman and the descendant of slaves, I do not condone any form of racism or oppression. I most certainly do…

— Phaedra Parks

Racism is endemic to the human condition, just as stupidity is. We will always have to be on guard against it. But now it…

— Shelby Steele

There has always been a great deal of racism in the U.S. before and after Obama.

— Daryl Davis

Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing…

— Alveda King

I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here.

— Paul Mooney

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