365 Quotes About Race-relations

I no longer want to believe these problems are too complex for us to make sense of them.

Crystal, do you like being a white girl?

Millions of tears have fallen for black sons, brothers, lovers, and friends whose assailants took or maimed their lives and then simply went on their way.

Black, white, Latino, gay, straight – if any one of them came across a bear in the woods, they’d all taste like chicken.

When you're marginalized, there are no "them people," if we're all on the outskirts of the same margin.

It's no longer time to take sides for or against race, rather sides against those who still do.

You think you're going to impress an American jury with [your] words? In the eyes of the Americans, you're doomed. Just looking at you in an orange suit, chains, and being Muslim and Arabic is enough to convict you.

The only thing white about me is the skin I'm wearing.

Tea" to the English is really picnic indoors. Plenty of sandwiches and cookies and of course hot tea. We all used the same cups and plates. (Walker 2000: 116)