“There are some countries that incarcerate political opposition, some countries that incarcerate the media ... but if you look at our prisons and jails we incarcerate overwhelmingly the addicted, mentally ill, low-income, low-income, low-income folks ... and then disproportionately people of color.”— Cory Booker, npr.org
“The focus on undeserving minorities receiving unearned benefits at white expense is not an incidental element of modern Republican politics; it is crucial to the GOP’s electoral strategy of dividing working-class voters along racial lines.”— Adam Serwer, theatlantic.com
“Enjoy tonight, because guess what? The women and the blacks and the minorities and the trans people are coming to eat your privilege. We are hungry as hell, because we haven’t had a meal in centuries.”— Jon Brown, Casey, Mary McCormack, imdb.com
“When white writers want to write about race, they tend to be most successful when they write about whiteness, and least successful when they write about (proximity to) Blackness or other marginalized identities that are not their own.”— Kaveh Akbar, twitter.com
“People of color have been marginalized for too long. District Attorneys dismiss their murders at the hands of the police. Employers punish those who take a knee. The media ignores and demonizes them—even when they are victims.”— Eugene Gu, MD, twitter.com
“Writers of color must remember that we are stronger together. When we lift up each others voices and support one another, we can change the world. When we rip each other apart, we help no one but those who would keep us down.”— Ellen Oh, twitter.com
“Studies support the fact that people of color frequently experience microaggressions, that it is a continuing reality in their day-to-day interactions with friends, neighbors, co-workers, teachers, and employers in academic, social and public settings.”— Derald Wing Sue, psychologytoday.com
“On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again.”— Hank Aaron, amazon.com
“Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.”— Coretta Scott King, en.wikiquote.org