America Quote by Terry Gross

America is a country that would rather talk about race than class.

— Bell Hooks

There were class differences among black people then and there are class differences among black people now. There is still an assumption among many…

— Ayana Mathis

There's this false notion that you have to separate and choose between issues of class and issues of race. What people do when they…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

There are few things more American than falling back on the language of race when what we're really talking about is class or, more…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Class is rarely talked about in the United States; nowhere is there a more intense silence about the reality of class differences than in…

— Bell Hooks

I don't think there is enough understanding of how diverse black America actually is.

— Uzodinma Iweala

There is no such thing as talking about class without there being implications of the racial history of the United States. You just can't…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“Americans are generally incapable of perceiving class differences among blacks and are quick to ascribe antisocial underclass behavior to all African Americans.”

— Leon Dash

I'm just seeing as I grow older, and hopefully wiser, that a lot of things I see from a race perspective are class problems…

— Killer Mike

The problem of racial difference in America - and in modern life more broadly - is always presented as an economic, political, biological or…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

Schools should be diverse if we are to get past racial differences.

— Ruby Bridges

Talking about class and identity can be as divisive as talking about race and racism.

— David Olusoga