“There are so many opportunities to reveal race in literature— whether one is conscious of it or not. But writing non-colorist literature about black people is a task I have found both liberating and hard.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“In other works, such as The Bluest Eye, the consequences of the color fetish are the theme: its severely destructive force.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“Since no one is born a racist and there is no fetal predisposition to sexism, one learns Othering not by lecture or instruction but by example.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“One purpose of scientific racism is to identify an outsider in order to define one’s self. Another possibility is to maintain (even enjoy) one’s own difference without contempt for the categorized difference of the Othered.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably boun…”— Martin Luther King Jr., americanrhetoric.com
“We cannot make America Great Again if we leave any community behind. Nearly Four in ten African-American children are living in poverty.I will not rest until children of every color in this country are fully included in the American Dream.”— Donald Trump, realclearpolitics.com
“We don't hate white people. We know white people. We know the history of white people. If a tiger broke into this room right now, I'd beat you getting out. If a rattlesnake broke in, I'd beat you getting off of this stage. I don't hate rattlesnakes, I don't hate tigers, I just know I can't get along…”— Muhammad Ali, youtube.com