“The only place where we're not segregated in mass is in sports. You go to a football stadium or a basketball arena, and all of America is there: the wealthy, the poor, the black, white, Latino, conservative, liberal, and we all talk about sports.” AmericaSportsBlackWhitePoorFootballBasketballMassConservativeWealthyArenaLatinoStadiumsBlack White Author:Jason Whitlock
“In America, the poor have been invisibilised, because obviously this model of success that has been held out to the world must not show the poor, it must not show the condition of black people. It can only the successful ones, basketball players, musicians, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell. But I think the time will come when the Occupy movement will have to somehow formulate something more than just anger.” PeopleThinkingWorldHas BeensShowsAmericaBlackPoorSuccessfulPlayerConditionsMovementBasketballMusicianModelsBlack PeopleRiceBasketball PlayerOccupy Movement Author:Arundhati Roy
“Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.” PeopleNeedsHelpingGovernmentSportsPoorEducationDestinyBasketballRelyPoor PeopleNeed YouYour DestinyTime Of NeedRely UponControl Your Destiny Author:Charles Barkley
“I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don't, who will? Not other poor people, that's for sure.” PeopleIfsHelpingChancePoorRichBasketballPoor PeopleRich PeopleHelp The PoorHelp Poor People Author:Charles Barkley
“Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn about either group.” PeopleKnowsGivingBlackWhitePoorCommonKnow HowRichGroupsBasketballDamnBlack PeopleRich PeopleDon't Give A Damn Book:I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It Source: I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It