“ Individual cultures and ideologies have their appropriate uses but none of them erase or replace the universal experiences, like love and weeping and laughter, common to all human beings. Aberjhani
“ And if the word means anything, this is what it means: that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it. For this is yo… James Baldwin
“ If you love your country, you must be willing to defend it from fraud, bigotry, and recklessness--even from a president. DaShanne Stokes
“ ...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is p… Tim Wise
“ Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America. Tim Wise
“ To be an American is to be accosted by bigotry and enmity for the rights that you were told to appreciate. Tennessee West
“ The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new black man, it has created a new white man, too. No road whatever will lead Americ… James Baldwin
“ The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege.In other words. It is a privi… Tim Wise
“ For the history of the American Negro is unique also in this: that the question of his humanity, and of his rights therefore as a human being, became a burning one for several generations of Americans… James Baldwin
“ There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that must accept . The terrible thing, old buddy, is that must accept A… James Baldwin
“ If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelming, consider more deeply the observation that we are all much more alike than we are unalike. Aberjhani
“ There appears to be a vast amount of confusion on this point, but I do not know many Negroes who are eager to be accepted by white people, still less to be loved by them; they, the blacks, simply don'… James Baldwin
“ If niggers were supposed to have their freedom, they wouldn't be in chains. If the red man was supposed to keep hold of his land, it'd still be his. If the white man wasn't destined to take this new w… Colson Whitehead
“ Some people say, "What difference does it make what color the winemaker is that made the wine? Judge the wines off their own merit." Like, of course. And I do believe that my wine is judged off its ow… Andre Hueston Mack
“ And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all its heart--that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothe… Colson Whitehead
“ We elected a man who knows how to build walls when we needed someone who knows how to build bridges. DaShanne Stokes
