Quotes about race-and-racism-in-america
Race and racism in America is a deeply complex and multifaceted topic that has shaped the nation's history and continues to influence its present. This tag represents the ongoing dialogue and struggle surrounding racial identity, equality, and justice. It encompasses the experiences, challenges, and triumphs of diverse racial and ethnic groups within the United States. People are drawn to quotes about race and racism because they encapsulate powerful emotions and insights that resonate on both personal and societal levels. These quotes often serve as a mirror reflecting the harsh realities of discrimination and prejudice, while also offering hope and inspiration for change. They provide a platform for voices that have been marginalized, fostering empathy and understanding across different communities. In a world where conversations about race can be difficult and uncomfortable, quotes offer a succinct and impactful way to engage with these critical issues. They challenge us to confront our biases, inspire us to advocate for equality, and remind us of the shared humanity that binds us all. Through the lens of these poignant words, we are encouraged to reflect on the past, understand the present, and envision a more inclusive future.
...but if the Negro is so distinctly inferior, it is a strange thing to me that it takes such tremendous effort on the part of the white man to make him realize it, and to keep him in the same place into which inferior men naturally fall.
And I saw that what divided me from the world was not anything intrinsic to us but the actual injury done by people intent on naming us, intent on believing that what they have named us matters more than anything we could ever actually do. In America, the injury is not in being born with darker skin, with fuller lips, with a broader nose, but in everything that happens after.
Had she been able to think, Jean Louise might have prevented events to come by considering the day's occurrences in terms of a recurring story as old as time: the chapter which concerned her began two hundred years ago and was played out in a proud society the bloodiest war and harshest peace in modern history could not destroy, returning, to be played out again on private ground in the twilight of civilization no wars and no peace could save.
Long ago, before I met her, she twisted her blond hair into dreadlocks and, pretty as she is, the locks add an allure she wouldn't otherwise have.
To be fair, I hate the N-word and avoid using it because the N-word has always been a pejorative, a word designed to remind black people of their place, a word to reinforce a perception of inferiority. I have no interest in using the word to describe myself or any person of color, under any circumstance. There is no reclamation to be had.
Our current politics tell you that should you fall victim to such an assault and lose your body, it must somehow be your fault. Trayvon Martin’s hoodie got him killed. Jordan Davis’s loud music did the same.
Where was the lecture on how slavery alone catapulted the whole country from agriculture into the industrial age in two decades? White folks' hatred, their violence, was the gasoline that kept the profit motors running.
My enlightened racial consciousness demands that I reject the so-called greatness of William Faulkner and William Shakespeare. I don't have time for any of that Hamlet jive -- but Marvel superheroes are super cool.
One ever feels his two-ness – an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.