“Whatever my doubts, however heavy the burden, I feel that I must accept the task of helping to make this nation and this world a better place to live in - for all men, black and white alike.” MenWorldFeelsHelpingNationsBlackWhiteAcceptingDoubtThis WorldTasksBurdenHeavyBlack And WhiteBetter PlacePlaces To Live Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the "legitimate" votes of suburban, white, middle-class, affluent males. Even liberal voters and organizations tend on some tacit level to accept the idea that they are not the "real" Americans the Democrats must pursue.” WantFeelsIdeasRealBlackWhiteLevelsAcceptingClassMiddleFemaleVoteOrganizationDemocraticDemocratMalesPursueMiddle ClassVotersElitesWorking ClassAffluentTacit Author:Ellen Willis
“Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state of mind. Those who accept it are poor; those who struggle are middle class.” ThinkingMindDifferentStatesBlackPoorAcceptingClassPovertyStruggleMiddleMiddle ClassState Of Mind Book:Sacred cows-- and other edibles Source: Sacred cows-- and other edibles
“I maintain that any writer of a book is fully authorised in attaching any meaning he likes to a word or phrase he intends to use. If I find an author saying, at the beginning of his book, "Let it be understood that by the word 'black' I shall always mean 'white,' and by the word 'white' I shall always mean 'black,'" I meekly accept his ruling, however injudicious I think it.” IfsThinkingMeanBookUseBlackWhiteAcceptingUnderstoodLikesPhrasesRuling Book:Symbolic Logic: Elementary Source: Symbolic Logic: Elementary