Quotes About Race

My experience has to be funnelled through a black experience or a white experience, or it doesn't exist, because that's how we're going to deal with the world.

Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents.

I think that [Eddie Murphy's famous "White Like Me"] is probably the first time I thought, "Oh. Being black is different. That is a totally different experience."

I want to have conversations, because they give you confidence in your choices. I learned it first on Boyz n the Hood, but it is not a race-based experience - it is part of the artistic process.

True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology.

Maybe the tragedy of the human race was that we had forgotten that we are each divine.

In the race of faith, stay focused upon Christ, not the other runners, nor the spectators.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

Your mind is like the most powerful horse on the planet. If you can control it, you are sure to win every race in life.

Life is not a Race to Chase, but we realize it only when Death comes face-to-face.

Tell you what...this world is not meant for anyone. So why should waste your time racing to outlive everyone? Our destination is out there, it's where we should spend our energy for.

Life is not a Race, but we still continue the Chase and try to be an Ace. It's time to get out of this Maze and Truly Live with Grace.

Divine blood purified our midday race, bred heroes from dust and clay.

La sangre divina purificaba la sangre sucia de nuestra raza y era capaz de forjar héroes solo con barro y arena.

Atau mereka menganggap, memang beginilah bangsa kulit putih, yang merasa lebih tinggi dan lebih baik dari bangsa kulit berwarna mana pun ?

Love is something so ugly that the human race would die out if lovers could see what they were doing' (Leonardo da Vinci).

As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility — which I do.

Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.

If you're born in America with a black skin, you're born in prison.

Whether you're educated or illiterate, whether you live on the boulevard or in the alley, you're going to catch hell just like I am. We're all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man. He just happens to be a white man.

I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

I believe that there will be ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don't think it will be based on the color of the skin...

Love was like an avalanche, with Sephy and I hand-in-hand racing like hell to get out of it's way-only, instead of running away from it, we kept running straight towards it.