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“When I was in Mecca I noticed that their, they had no color problem. That they had people there whose eyes were blue and people there whose eyes were black, people whose skin was white, people whose skin was black, people whose hair was blond, people whose hair was black, from the whitest white person to the blackest black person.”

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Author:Malcolm X

“We must now, in the 21st century, protect democracy, one which rests on fundamental rights for all, regardless of skin color, gender, race or religion. Nothing less than that is at stake.”

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Author:Martin Schulz

“Anybody who's a mythology ... there's always a fear. That's why we don't like people whose skin color is different, whose eye slant is different, or whose worship is different. It makes them feel insecure. So we strike out. The thing that bothers me most about the Christian church today is that we spend our time confirming people in their own sense of wretchedness.”

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Author:John Shelby Spong

“If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim.”

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Book:Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

Source: Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

“Race is a universal flaw in humanity. So yes, I've been in many situations where I've felt like the outsider because of the color of my skin.”

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Author:Jordan Peele

“A greater truth that I think we are faced with on a day-to-day basis as minorities is: We are the color of skin first and people second.”

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Author:Jordan Peele

“Greatness has nothing to do with diversity, skin color, race, ethnicity, nothing to do with it.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“When I first saw a White Dutch person dressed up as Black Pete, I was both sickened and shocked. It's hard to stand next to someone who views your skin color and hair as a costume. As a filmmaker, whenever I get that feeling, I want to explore what motivates people to engage in such offensive behavior and enlighten folks about its origins.”

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Author:Roger Ross Williams

“I hope to encourage some people out there, especially all the mixed, curly-headed babies of the world, stand up, we are here! But just people in general, it really doesn't matter. Judge a man on his actions, his words, not the color of his skin or the race, or where he grew up.”

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Author:Kevin michael

“I think the notion that we are different just because of skin color, and that we should be kept apart or kept from interbreeding, is very hurtful.”

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Author:David Oyelowo

“I'm not going to play a racial game. With me, you're going to meet a guy named Shelby Steele, and you will have to get to know me as an individual. The color of my skin won't tell you anything. I think there's more and more of that in America.”

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Author:Shelby Steele

“I very much dislike the word "race," and I never use it. I use the word "racist." Race is not a fact. There is only one race: human. Skin color is less than 2 percent of the DNA.”

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Author:Tillie Olsen

“I keep wanting people to realize that there needs to be a tidal wave of peace and love. People should be treated with love and respect regardless of the color of their skin or their sexual preference. We need to keep saying that as much as we can and as loud as we can.”

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Author:Jim James

“Many people who voted for Mr. Obama in the last election did so based on skin color.”

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Author:Alveda King

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Why hate someone for the color of their skin when there are much better reasons to hate them?”

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Author:Denis Leary

“The president of the United States is a pretty important position, and it's the ideas and policies that matter to me, not the color of their skin.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color - then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow.”

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Author:Jon Meacham

“Take that one thing you don't like about yourself and more often than not that's the one thing that makes you more special. Whether it's that gap in your teeth, or that mole you never liked, or your skin color.”

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Author:Shay Mitchell

“Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you have an equal right to justice - that is the essence. And if it's not the essence, then we've been sold a pack of lies. The essence is everyone deserves a shot - the content of character, not the color of skin.”

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Author:Glenn Beck

“A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.”

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Author:Rand Paul

“I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin.”

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Author:Dennis Quaid

“I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realized that wasn't the way to do things. I don't discriminate against anybody for their sexual preference, for their skin color... that's immature.”

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Author:ASAP Rocky

“I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person.”

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Author:Diana Ross

“I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.”

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Author:Pete Seeger

“My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.”

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Author:Taylor Swift

“I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.”

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Author:Jesse Ventura

“I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color.”

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Author:J. C. Watts

“I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.”

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Author:J. C. Watts

“I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.”

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Author:J. C. Watts

“When you a darker brunette and have pale skin like I do, it can wash you out a bit, so learning to contour is really helpful. I think you can be a bit more bold with eye makeup to define your eyes, and the same with lip colors - you can go for dark wine colors, which I love.”

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Author:Olivia Wilde

“There are still courses in the United States that I am not allowed to play because of the colour of my skin.”

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Author:Tiger Woods