Kiley Reid Any conversation about race without bringing up class is a bit of a moot point. Whenever people want to talk about race in the States, there’s a lot of push to even the playing field and find a common ground. In a lot of cases it’s very easy to do that with race, …
LeBron James On Race
LeBron James (December 30, 1984 -) No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, being black in America is tough.
James Baldwin On Segregation
James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) The question is really a kind of apathy and ignorance, which is the price we pay for segregation. That’s what segregation means. You don’t know what’s happening on the other side of the wall, because you don’t want to know.
Carter G Woodson On Race And History
Carter G. Woodson (December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950) If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. The American Indian left no continuous record. He did not appreciate the value of tradition; …
James Baldwin On Race
James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) My countrymen were my enemy… This country does not know what to do with its black population… The west has no moral authority… The world is not white. White is a metaphor for power… You don’t need numbers. You need passion. 🎂Happy Birthday James Baldwin …
Zadie Smith On Race
Zadie Smith (October 25, 1975 -) My best friend during my youth — now my husband — is himself from Northern Ireland, an area where people who look absolutely identical to each other, eat the same food, pray to the same God, read the same holy book, wear the same clothes and celebrate the …
LeBron James On Race
In recognition of Black History Month, Transformation Publications will present poems, essays, and other artistic creations by Black artists, musicians, and writers. LeBron James (December 30, 1984 -) No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, being black in America is tough. …
Lyndon B Johnson On Race
In recognition of Black History Month, Transformation Publications will present poems, essays, and other artistic creations by Black artists, musicians, and writers. Lyndon B Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) We believe all men are entitled to the blessings of liberty. Yet millions are being deprived of those blessings because of the color …
Barack Obama on Race
Barack Obama (August 04, 1961 -) I noticed that there was nobody like me in the Sears, Roebuck Christmas catalog […] and that Santa was a white man. I went into the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror with all my senses and limbs seemingly intact, looking as I had always looked, and …
Kahlil Gibran On Race
Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) Said a sheet of snow-white paper, "Pure was I created, and pure will I remain for ever. I would rather be burnt and turn to white ashes than suffer darkness to touch me or the unclean to come near me." The ink-bottle heard what the paper was saying, …
