“Utopians don't say, 'The world's corrupt, women make less money, people of color are oppressed at every turn.' You don't list the problems of the world; you describe a world in which those things aren't the case. The critique is implicit and as a result it's kind of a positive critique. You're not listing what's bad, but rather what would be good - you're oriented toward this positive vision.” PeopleWorldKindProblemWould BeTurnsResultsVisionCasesColorBe GoodListsOppressedCritiqueImplicit Author:Christine Jennings
“I hope everything works in our favor. The show is cool. It’s family fare. We ain’t aiming at the cheap seats. Instead, we’re making something with a broad appeal that people of any color or creed and from all walks of life can enjoy and maybe learn something from.” PeopleShowsEnjoyWalksColorFavorsAppealsSeatsBroadsCreedsWalks Of Life Author:Ice Cube
“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
“You know, you have to do homework. You listen to who they are, what they do. I also compare it to designing clothes for people. If somebody brings in Tilda Swinton, you're not going to give her the same dress you'd give Gabourey Sidibe. Everybody looks different in a different line, a different color. The same thing with the way people speak.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayGivingLooksDifferentSpeakLinesDesignColorClothesDressesCompareHomeworkDifferent Colors Author:Bruce Vilanch
“So you grow up with those messages, "You're a failure, you embarrass me, that's why I dress you in dark colors etc." or even when parents commit suicide, the child may think they were a failure as a child causing that. The majority of those people who weren't loved turn to drugs and alcohol and suicide.” PeopleThinkingMayChildrenTurnsGrowsParentDarkGrowing UpColorDrugMessagesDressesSuicideMajorityAlcoholCommitEtcDrugs And AlcoholDark Colors Author:Bernie Siegel
“I see a lot of people of color in my fanbase and at all my shows, and it's really awesome.” PeopleShowsColorReally Awesome Author:Chaz Bundick
“I really like the "two is better than three" line. People ask me is this drama or comedy? I just think the more colors you have to a film the better. The more genres, the more people will like it. I like relating to the whole general speaking public. The script itself is 99 pages but the novel it is based on is 600. I had to leave a lot of stuff out of the script. I had a limitation of what I could present on the big screen.” PeopleThinkingTwoWholeBigsFilmThreeAsksStuffLinesNovelComedyColorDramaPagesScriptsScreensLimitationGenreAsk MeBig Screen Author:Tommy Wiseau
“People are realizing that being gay is just as defining as the color of our skin and it's not a choice. I'm really encouraged. I think in my lifetime we will achieve equality. I'm honored to be a part of it.” PeopleThinkingChoicesRealizingAchieveColorGaySkinsLifetimeHonoredDefiningBeing Gay Author:Leslie Jordan
“I think it's too easy to just say that there is a direct and necessary conflict between black identity and gay identity. I think it's more nuanced than that simply because I think black is a color and then people layer on top of it all kinds of socio-cultural elements.” PeopleThinkingKindEasyBlackIdentityColorGayConflictElementsDirectAll KindsLayers Author:John Amaechi
“Although when you look at people that say, from the same culture, roughly the same age, and not very difference intelligence, and you make a lot of detailed questions about the experiences of say colors, situations, and so on, you'll get very similar answers.” PeopleLooksAgeCultureDifferencesAnswersSituationColor Author:Antonio Damasio
“There's a great variety of people in Washington, but I think because of the great concentration of people in New York, that variety is more visible. You walk the streets and there are people of every color, shape and size, ethnic background, religion, it doesn't matter. It's always present.” PeopleThinkingMatterWalksStreetsNew YorkColorShapesSizeBackgroundsVarietyVisibleConcentrationEthnic Background Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“You always wonder whether the attacks on my capabilities came from an honest evaluation of my accomplishments or from stereotypical presumptions that we, people of color, just can't do it, for some reason. This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life.” PeopleReasonWonderHonestColorBattleConstantAfrican AmericanAccomplishmentAccomplishedCapabilityStereotypeLatinoPresumptionEvaluation Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“I shoot in black and white, sometimes color, sometimes if it looks good I shoot out the window of the airplanes or whatever, anything that - sometimes I secretly take secret photos, shoot video of people on the plane if it's not too crowded. I don't know, whatever comes up.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksSometimesBlackWhiteSecretColorWindowCome UpVideoPlanesAirplaneBlack And WhiteCrowdedPhoto Shoots Author:Robert Barry
“People who look at art don't really - don't go with the artist. They don't sort of accept what he or she has done and kind of go with it. There are always - either there's too much color or not enough color, either it's not conceptual enough or it's too conceptual. In other words, most criticism isn't what the viewer expected that it would do based on what they think you have done and that's good as far as I'm concerned.” PeopleThinkingLooksKindArtDoneEnoughArtistAcceptingToo MuchColorConcernedCriticismExpectedViewers Author:Robert Barry
“When I came to Delhi first and said, "This is not India. And then I was taken to Varanasi and there I loved, loved the culture. It was a beautiful journey. The way the people dressed - even the poorest people, and the fabrics! With vegetable dyes, and I was fascinated by the color. But in the end I loved the men - all in white - so many shades of white. And I said, "What am I going to do? A color collection or a white collection?" I finally did a neutral white collection.” PeopleMenWayFirstsSaidEndsBeautifulCultureWhiteTakenJourneyColorHe ManIndiaCollectionsShadeVegetablesFascinatedFabricPoorestDelhiVaranasi Author:Donna Karan
“I was on the set of the first Powers pilot, and an actor of color came up to me and said, "When I was a kid, my friends wouldn't let me play Batman or Superman, because I wasn't their color. But they would let me play Spider-Man. And that's the difference." And I realized I had heard this story a hundred times from different people, but I wasn't there in my head yet.” PeopleMenFirstsSaidDifferentPlayStoriesKidsActorsDifferencesHeardColorHundredMy FriendsLet MeI RealizedPilotsSpidersDifferent PeoplesSpider Man Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“It's impossible for minorities, impossible for people of color to be ever guilty of hate crimes. Because their only crimes are justified. Their crimes are justifiable. It’s retribution and payback for years and decades and maybe even centuries of oppressive behavior at the hands of the white majority.” PeopleYearsHandsHateWhiteImpossibleCenturyCrimeColorBehaviorMajorityDecadesGuiltyMinoritiesJustifiedHate CrimeRetributionPayback Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Whether the people in Haiti, the young kids in Chicago that [are] going through violence, or whether you're in Atlanta or L.A. or Europe - it's not even color barriers for me - I go to where I know there's a lot of turmoil and pain.” PeopleKnowsKidsPainYoungViolenceColorEuropeBarriersChicagoTurmoilHaitiAtlanta Author:Common
“Let's stop believing that our differences make us superior or inferior to one another. Let's not be afraid that our different colors make us different people. Who cares? It's just a lie, and we don't have to believe all the lies and superstitions that control our lives.” PeopleBelieveDifferentCareLyingDifferencesOur LivesColorSuperiorsSuperstitionsInferiorsWho CaresDifferent PeoplesDifferent Colors Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz
“I get letters from kids from all over the country. I always try to answer them because there were people I looked up to in my youth and just wanted to be in contact with. It's also important to realize that you find your role models in a lot of different places. I've never believed that your role models have to look like you. You can find them in all sort of colors, shapes and sizes.” PeopleTryingLooksImportantDifferentCountryKidsWantedRealizingAnswersRolesYouthColorLike YouShapesModelsLettersSizeContactRole ModelsDifferent Place Author:Condoleezza Rice
“People do not want to be disillusioned by the new president [Barak Obama]. The liberals felt, finally, this is our time. Now they're worried. Now what they see is more business as usual. We all want to give him the benefit of the doubt, we know it's a tough job and he inherited a mess, but at the end of the day, is it really change we can believe in when there's no public options and Wall Street reform has no teeth in it? It really looks a lot like we just changed the color.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingBelieveLooksEndsJobsFeltPresidentDoubtStreetsChangedColorWallBenefitsToughTeethMessReformWorriedOur TimeThe End Of The DayUsualDisillusionedBenefit Of The DoubtBarak Obama Author:Bill Maher
“The essence of White Supremacy is this: they are people who want to keep things as they are. That their children's children's children might be a different color is something very alarming to them - in short they are committed to the maintenance of the static image.” PeopleWantChildrenDifferentMightWhiteColorEssenceCommittedWhite SupremacyStaticMaintenanceSupremacyDifferent Colors Author:William S. Burroughs
“The spark of eros provides color and flavor to delight in our sensuality. Without generating this creative juice, many people feel uninspired and dry in their lives.” PeopleFeelsCreativeColorDelightSensualityDrySparksFlavorJuiceErosUninspiredCreative Juices Author:John Friend
“For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people, people of color, you know, the bad news happens to be news. They used to have these little stupid colloquialisms that pop up like, "You know what? No news is bad news!" They trick the masses into thinking that any news is great for you. And I just think that's a piece of crap.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayLittlesLongHappensUsedBlackPiecesMediaStupidColorLike YouPeriodsNewsMassHip HopPopsRapTricksHipsHopsCoveredBlack PeopleCrapBad NewsLong Periods Of TimeRap Music Author:Chuck D
“I think Donald Trump is dividing the American people. He is not good for America. It's not good for our standing in the rest of the world. To divide people based on race, a color, a religion, a sexual orientation, it's just ... it's just wrong.” PeopleThinkingWorldAmericaRaceColorTrumpStandingDividesOrientationDividing Author:John Lewis
“Omelets are about technique. Now, different people make it different ways, but, if you're a chef in Europe, an omelet has to be cooked on the outside, with just a simmer of color, and the inside has to be soft. It should be cooked like a steak - medium rare.” PeopleIfsWayShouldDifferentColorEuropeTechniqueMediumsDifferent WaysChefDifferent PeoplesSteakOmelets Author:Wolfgang Puck
“86% of its audience was made up of people of color. That tells you that the full potential of many black stars won't be realized until their audiences are fully integrated.” PeopleMadeStarsBlackAudienceColorIntegratedFull Potential Author:Russell Simmons
“We can step out of our small sense of self and awaken to this reality. One of the reasons people get confused about freedom, enlightenment, and liberation is because this awakened consciousness has different facets or different dimensions, a bit like a crystal. If you hold this luminous crystal up to the light and turn it, it will take a beam of white light and refract it into the many colors of the spectrum.” PeopleIfsDifferentSelfReasonRealityLightTurnsBitsWhiteConsciousnessStepsColorEnlightenmentLiberationConfusedDimensionsCrystalsSpectrumAwakenedSense Of SelfBeamLuminousFacetsWhite LightDifferent Dimensions Author:Jack Kornfield
“It's so hard to do fittings [for Yeezy] because we want to do things that are inspiring, that people could look at and say, "Wow, I like that color palette, I could put that together." And there are so many images of things that it's almost impossible to have your clothes go up against the amount you're seeing and carry it into one language.” PeopleWantLooksHardTogetherLanguageImpossibleSeeingColorAmountClothesWowPalette Author:Kanye West
“People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the way back before high school. It's a stereotype put on me for a long time because I'm African-American and I'm a dual-threat quarterback. I don't know why that stereotype is still around. It's about talent and the ability to throw the ball, not the color of your skin or your ability to also be a dangerous runner.” PeopleKnowsWayLongStillsI CanRunningSchoolAbilityCareersTalentDangerousColorLong TimeHigh SchoolSkinsBallsThreatAfrican AmericanRunnersStereotypeQuarterback Author:Deshaun Watson
“There is police brutality. People of color have been targeted by police.” PeopleHas BeensColorPolicePolice BrutalityBrutality Author:Colin Kaepernick
“I think if you look at Hollywood as a whole and the type of content that they put out over the years, it's pretty homogeneous, right? They haven't done a really deep dive into a lot of stories of people of color. I don't want to say that there haven't been attempts, and there has been some great product that has come out over the years, but I think in 2016, we're in a world of struggle. It's not just about race, it's also about the LGBT community too and others.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWantYearsLooksHas BeensDoneWholeStoriesCommunityRaceStruggleHavensColorProductsTypeHollywoodLgbtReally DeepHomogeneousLgbt Community Author:Mike Jackson
“Even for the people who are color-blind to any degree, I believe their experience would also be affected [ in Lords of Rainbow ] if everyone else too only perceived the world in colorless monochrome.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveI BelieveLordColorDegreesBlindAffectedRainbowColorlessMonochrome Author:Vera Nazarian
“Historically, opportunity has been afforded to a limited pool of people, excluding people of color and women. That doesn't diminish the talent or hard work of the people within that pool, but it does narrow the field of stories that have been told, and of the creative ideas and perspectives out there.” PeopleDoeHas BeensIdeasHardStoriesOpportunityCreativeTalentFieldsColorHard WorkPerspectivePoolDiminishCreative Ideas Author:Joe Robert Cole
“Well, TV does a better job. In film, the justification has been that movies focused on stories or featuring people of color don't make money.” PeopleWellsDoeHas BeensStoriesJobsFilmColorTvsFocusedMaking MoneyJustificationBetter Jobs Author:Joe Robert Cole
“Prints can absolutely be investment pieces. I've seen prints from my collections from five years ago on the street now. It's totally possible. If the colors don't age and if the fabric is beautiful, then of course people should wear it year after year.” PeopleIfsShouldYearsAgeBeautifulCoursesFivePiecesStreetsColorYears AgoInvestmentFive YearsCollectionsPrintFabric Author:Thakoon Panichgul
“We created this journey [in the Begin], sonically, that people can really wrap their heads around and live with and get to know us a little bit more. The dark colors, the light colors, our up-tempos, and our down-dreamy stuff.” PeopleKnowsLittlesLightStuffBitsDarkJourneyColorLittle BitWrapsTempoDreamyDark Colors Author:Jillian Hervey
“I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.” PeopleColorExcellenceGenderAfrican American Author:T. D. Jakes
“The disturbing video taken by Keith Lamont Scott`s wife showing the moment her husband was killed by police in Charlotte provides a sobering window into the high level of compliance that people of color feel they need to maintain in their interactions with police.” PeopleNeedsFeelsMomentsLevelsTakenWifeColorHusbandWindowPoliceVideoInteractionDisturbingHigh LevelComplianceKeithCharlotte Author:Chris Hayes
“Most of the people you look at in the early days of Harlem - the zoot suits, the music, the style of fashion, the vibrant colors - that's all influences from the south.” PeopleLooksInfluenceFashionStyleColorSouthSuitsHarlemVibrant Colors Author:Mike Colter
“In addition to that, we have a woman post-production supervisor, a woman colorist, a woman first AD, a woman production supervisor... I think it's really sad when I hear so many shows are content to stay in a mono-cultural realm, not realizing how they are subtracting from their own greatness by not inviting women and people of color into the space - that seasoning that makes the recipe even more great. It was absolutely imperative for me. It's how I run all my crews.” PeopleThinkingFirstsShowsRunningRealizingSpaceGreatnessColorProductionsPostsRealmsAdsCrewRecipesImperativesInvitingReally SadSeasoningSupervisorsPost ProductionMono Author:Ava DuVernay
“Now people like Susan Sarandon are noticing that people of color live this way?! This is the way I've always lived! What's happened is that it has now reached a level of national discourse where it's on the table. But they've never minded that we were treated like this off-stage.” PeopleWayLevelsHappenedStageColorTablesTreatedDiscourseNoticing Author:Junot Diaz
“There's a long-term tradition of white supremacy in this country. [Donald] Trump isn't something entirely new. But then there is the crisis for white supremacy in this country now where you have people of color standing up for themselves in ways that they've never stood up for themselves or at least standing up for themselves in a generational, novel way.” PeopleWayLongCountryTermWhiteNovelColorTrumpStandingTraditionCrisisLong TermWhite SupremacySupremacyStood Up Author:Junot Diaz
“I don't think because I hang out with enough black people, I'm gonna turn black. What kind of rationalization is that? I'm just friends with people that I like. I don't care what skin color you are.” PeopleThinkingKindEnoughCareTurnsBlackColorSkinsDon't CareI Don't CareHanging OutBlack PeopleSkin ColorJust Friends Author:Khloe Kardashian
“I would like the Supreme Court to understand that voting rights are still a big problem in many parts of our country [America], that we don't always do everything we can to make it possible for people of color and older people and young people to be able to exercise their franchise.” PeopleStillsProblemBigsAbleAmericaYoungRightsColorExerciseCourtSupremeVotingSupreme CourtBig ProblemsRight To VoteOlder People Author:Hillary Clinton
“Unfortunately, we have a 50% unemployment rate among our urban youth of color. It's not about making green jobs more attractive. It's about making them more available. And that requires Congress passing legislation that will give a real break to the people who want to introduce new technologies to the American marketplace.” PeopleWantGivingRealJobsBreakTechnologyYouthColorGreenRateCongressAvailablePassingPassingsAttractiveIntroducingUrbanLegislationUnemploymentMarketplaceNew TechnologyUnemployment Rate Author:Van Jones
“Everyone needs some time to unwind. There are even coloring book clubs popping up in every state now, so it's not such an isolating experience. People are getting together specifically to color. It's amazing.” PeopleNeedsBookStatesTogetherColorClubsPoppingUnwindBook Club Author:Alan Robert
“By construction, the world of big data is siloed and segmented and segregated so that successful people, like myself - technologists, well-educated white people, for the most part - benefit from big data, and it's the people on the other side of the economic spectrum, especially people of color, who suffer from it. They suffer from it individually, at different times, at different moments. They never get a clear explanation of what actually happened to them because all these scores are secret and sometimes they don't even know they're being scored.” PeopleKnowsWorldWellsDifferentSometimesMomentsBigsSufferingSidesWhiteSecretSuccessfulClearHappenedEconomicColorBenefitsEducatedDataExplanationScoreConstructionSuccessful PeopleSpectrumDifferent TimesWell Educated Author:Cathy O'Neil
“Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color.” PeopleColorAssistance Author:Julianne Malveaux
“In America right now, the people who talk about race the most are people of color - and if we are going to move the needle forward, it's WHITE people who need to acknowledge their role in racism.” PeopleIfsNeedsAmericaMovingWhiteRaceRolesColorRight NowRacismAcknowledgeNeedles Author:Jodi Picoult