1,840 Quotes About Race

Doesn’t matter how fast you cross the finish line if you’re running the wrong race.

,It must be pretty awful for a white man to learn that one of the things wrong with this society is that it is not based on dollars directly or alone, but dollars denied men who are black so dollars can go into the pockets of men who are white. It must make white men ponder a kind of weakness that will make them deny work to black men so that work can be done by men who are white.

Before you were born, and were still too tiny for the human eye to see, you won the race for life from among 250 million competitors. And yet, how fast you have forgotten your strength, when your very existence is proof of your greatness.

Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the welder, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist.

Because when I think of a naked shadow on a gnarled and naked tree, my mind jumps straight to Calvary. To a Savior who is not a blonde-haired, blue-eyed other, but a tan Jewish minority languishing on a cross. Suffering alienation, hostility, and isolation. And many think that's who Langston is pointing to as well.

A horse that doesn’t set foot on the track is certainly never going to cross the finish line, let alone win the race.

In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.

Don't keep your nation-changing thoughts to yourself. Else it won't actually change the nation. Impact!

You are not just white, but a rainbow of colors. You are not just black, but golden. You are not just a nationality, but a citizen of the world. You are not just for the right or left, but for what is right over the wrong. You are not just rich or poor, but always wealthy in the mind and heart. You are not perfect, but flawed. You are flawed, but you are just. You may just be human, but you are also a magnificent reflection of God.