“Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin. And that's despicable.” WantRealReasonCharacterHousePresidentWhitePartyColorRacismSkinsLet MeChiefsRacistWhite HousePresident ObamaPortionsCompetenceCommandersDespicableCommander In ChiefCandid Author:Colin Powell
“Playing President Clinton (in Primary Colors) was risky and challenging. Some people thought Saturday Night Fever was risky, because no one had danced in movies for years.” PeopleYearsNightPresidentChallengesColorClintonPrimariesSaturdayFeverSaturday NightPresident ClintonPrimary ColorsSaturday Night Fever Author:John Travolta
“Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.” MenWayPresidentCompanyColorHumbleGreat MenGreat Presidents Book:The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Source: The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
“[In Eritrea] in key positions - president, government, police - everybody's the same [color]. It's a country run by its people. No racial class, everybody feels a part of it.” PeopleFeelsCountryGovernmentRunningPresidentClassPositionColorKeysPoliceEritrea Author:Nipsey Hussle
“Whether youre president or speaker, if youre wrong, we need to stand up and point it out. Thats what Martin Luther King had talked about: being judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skin. So some of us pounded away on some of the ridiculous policies of Pelosi - and lo and behold, over time, the public began to see.” IfsNeedsCharacterPresidentPolicyColorKingsSkinsRidiculousJudgedSpeakersLutherBeing Judged Author:Louie Gohmert
“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
“Civil disobedience can help to focus attention on a particular injustice. It was used historically to highlight wrongs in society - turning ancient redwood forests into paper towels or preventing people from sitting down at lunch counters because of the color of their skin. On climate change, we have not seen strong leadership coming from Washington, DC.In particular the president has an enormous opportunity to follow up on his inaugural speech with a concerted course of action to aggressively take on a clean energy transition.” PeopleHelpingActionUsedCoursesOpportunityEnergyStrongPresidentAttentionFocusParticularColorSpeechPaperSittingSkinsCleanClimateClimate ChangeInjusticeAncientEnormousForestsTransitionLunchDisobediencePreventingCivil DisobedienceHighlightsSitting DownTowelsClean EnergyInauguralWashington DcRedwoodsFollow UpInaugural SpeechPaper Towels Author:Michael Brune