“Those in blue suits who use thinly veiled race symbols -- when they say welfare and crime and three strikes and anti- affirmative action -- they are sending messages more profound their language.” UseActionThreeLanguageRaceCrimeMessagesBlueProfoundStrikesSuitsSymbolsWelfareAffirmative ActionAffirmativeThree StrikesSending A Message Author:Jesse Jackson
“How can you have in our country that is based upon liberality and liberation, be so anti-liberal. That's toxic waste to our consciousness. It's hard to be an American conservative because that's a contradiction in terms. Now if you take away freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of protest, and lock people out based upon their race, their language and their religion, that's conservative and fascist. America is a liberal idea.” PeopleIfsIdeasCountryHardAmericaLanguageTermRaceConsciousnessSpeechWastePressesConservativeOur CountryLiberationContradictionProtestToxicFreedom Of SpeechLocksFascistsFreedom Of The PressLiberalityToxic WasteAnti Liberal Author:Jesse Jackson
“Watch the walls come down, whether it's in the South or on Wall Street. When the walls come down, what do we find? More markets, more talent, more capital and growth. Which means that the race and sex discrimination stunt economic growth. It's not good for capitalism. It's not good for America's growth. And it's not morally right.” MeanAmericaSexGrowthRaceWatchesEconomicStreetsTalentWallCapitalismSouthDiscriminationEconomic GrowthSex Discrimination Author:Jesse Jackson
“For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.” HeartKindAmericaOpportunityFeltRaceKnownSeeingMy HeartEqualElectionExtraordinaryGenderBarackErasEqual OpportunityMilestoneNew EraRace And Gender Author:Jesse Jackson
“I mean, the fight for a health care bill to cover all Americans and leave none behind is attacked as being a race appeal, which is not true, but then it's put out in the media as true.” MeanCareFightingRaceBehindsMediaHealthBillsHealth CareAppeals Author:Jesse Jackson
“There's great disparity between who goes to college and who goes to jail. Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.” LongDiesRaceClassIssuesCollegeDrivenSignificantOur TimeDimensionsJailSubmitDefiningLong LifeDisparity Author:Jesse Jackson
“We went across the South on Super Tuesday without a single catcall or boo, without a single ugly sign. Not until we got to New York and the North did the litmus test of race and religion spout from the mouths of public officials.” RaceNew YorkMouthsTestsSouthUglyOfficialsSouthernTuesdayPublic OfficialsRace And Religion Author:Jesse Jackson
“Choose the human race over the nuclear race. Bury the weapons and don't burn the people.” PeopleHumansHumanityRaceWeaponsNuclearHuman Race Author:Jesse Jackson
