“Beyond [Barack Obama] having made history as the first African-American president, I hope that he gets re-elected for what he does while in office, not for his skin color. I certainly believe he has the capacity.” FirstsBelieveDoeMadePresidentColorOfficeCapacitySkinsBarackAfrican AmericanAmerican PresidentSkin Color Author:Lenny Kravitz
“That's just like America. It's made up of lots of different people. We're all different colors, different ages, we do different jobs -- but it takes all of us black people, white people, brown people, men and women, young and old, working in the factories, working in the fields, working in offices, working in stores -- it takes a lot of different kinds of people to get the job done for America.” PeopleMenKindMadeDifferentDoneAgeJobsAmericaYoungBlackWhiteFieldsColorOfficeMen And WomenStoresBrownBlack PeopleFactoriesDifferent KindsDifferent PeoplesYoung And OldGet The Job DoneDifferent ColorsDifferent JobsDifferent Ages Author:Jesse Jackson
“If she replaces her eyebrows with a Machiavellian triangle, paints her fingernails blue, and dyes her hair some color you'd see in a comic book it's not too attractive to me-because it's too familiar. Extremes aren't necessary. Even 'high fashion' frightens most men. When I have to wait in the dentist's office, I sometimes look at fashion magazines. To me, most of the models look like they have rickets or scoliosis of the spine. They look less like woman than caricatures.” IfsMenLooksBookSometimesWaitingFashionColorHairOfficeModelsBluePaintExtremesFamiliarMagazinesComicAttractiveComic BookEyebrowsSpineDentistCaricaturesTrianglesFingernailsHigh FashionFashion MagazinesScoliosis Author:Robert Stack
“What I find astounding is that we've had a president who is black in office for the past eight years, who gets most of his funding from the liberal elite in Hollywood. Yet, there are not very many roles for people of color. How can that be? And why is it just now being addressed?” PeopleYearsPastBlackPresidentRolesColorOfficeHollywoodEightElitesFunding Author:Stacey Dash
“I know 100 percent what it's like to have people tell you that you can't hold an office because of your color, and to have people vote based on that belief.” PeopleKnowsBeliefColorOfficePercentVote Author:Artur Davis
“If you recall when [John] Kennedy passed an edict, 'Every person you hire in the Post Office must be African American,' the challenge with that is if all of a sudden, you are hired just because of the color of your skin, ability has nothing to do with it.And if ability has nothing to do with it, what does it do? It promotes mediocrity.” IfsPersonsDoeChallengesAbilityColorOfficeSkinsAfrican AmericanPostsMediocrityRecallsPost OfficeJohn Kennedy Author:Rafael Cruz
“I definitely feel like it took me a while to learn the baseline things you have to do if you want people to hear you. That's why I've had the same haircut for the entire time that I've been on television and that's why I wear literally the same jacket every day. I keep all the clothes I wear on TV in my office on a little hanging rack. My girlfriend calls it all the colors of the German rainbow. Grays, blacks, a slightly greenish gray for the days that I'm feeling particularly festive. I'm not trying to accomplish anything in the way I look other than to be boring enough for people to hear me.” PeopleIfsWayWantFeelsTryingLooksLittlesEnoughFeelingsTelevisionColorTvsOfficeClothesBoringAccomplishGirlfriendGrayRainbowJacketsMy GirlfriendHaircutsRacksFestive Author:Rachel Maddow