Race Quotes

"The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity." "People always say 'You do racial comedy.' And I don't, exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different things" "There's a big difference between race and culture. Because racially, I'm an Indian man. Culturally, not at all" "My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, it couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe." "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion." "In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate" "I want my careless song to strike no minor key no fiend to stand between my body's Southern song the fusion of the South the blood of all the races" "The price of the ticket is the metaphor that the child pays for the ticket into the white world, is his blackness." "Most of us live in neighborhoods that are segregated by race and income. Our politics reflect those boundaries. People who are educated don’t talk to people who are not. People who are religious don’t talk to people who are not. If we’re spending most of our time with people who look like us, think like us, talk like us, love like us - and learn like us - then we should consider that a problem and do something about it." "I, too, sing America " "Why should I want to be white? " "The reason people think it’s important to be white is that they think it’s important not to be black." "The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power—and no one holds power forever." "I am the darker brother, they send me to eat" "I'm glad my son (The Rock) doesn't have to be labeled black or Samoan or mixed. He has instead been labeled as the best"