“The colored woman of to-day occupies, one may say, a unique position in this country. In a period of itself transitional and unsettled, her status seems one of the least ascertainable and definitive of all the forces which make for our civilization. She is confronted by both a woman question and a race problem.” MayCountryProblemSeemsForceRacePositionPeriodsCivilizationUniqueRacism Book:The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters Source: The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters
“In the last few years, race relations in America have entered upon a period of intensified craziness wherein fear of being called a racist has so thoroughly overwhelmed fear of being a racist that we are in danger of losing sight of the distinction.” YearsLastsAmericaRaceDangerPeriodsLosingRacismSightRelationDistinctionRacistOverwhelmedRace RelationsCraziness Author:Florence King
“I maintain that the period during the first half of the 1990s, the period in which rising inequality reached its peak, was a period in which we came very, very close to a demagogic immobilization of racism in this society.” FirstsHalfPeriodsRacismInequalityRisingThis Society Author:William Julius Wilson
“I think for folks of color the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one another.” ThinkingColorKeysPeriodsRacismInstinctFolksSolidarity Author:Tim Wise
“Part of the reason might be that I was born in 1954 and I look upon my youth with great fondness, like many old men. And, though my work doesn't focus much on good things, I see that period as America's heyday. True, we had many problems, like racism and Vietnam, but we still weren't quite as nuts as we seem to be now.” MenLooksStillsReasonProblemSeemsMightAmericaBornFocusYouthPeriodsRacismGood ThingsLook UpOld ManNutsVietnamFondnessHeyday Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“When one group rules another, the relationship between the two is political. When such an arrangement is carried out over a long period of time it develops an ideology (feudalism, racism, etc.). All historical civilizations are patriarchies: their ideology is male supremacy.” LongTwoPoliticalGroupsPeriodsCivilizationRacismHistoricalMalesIdeologyEtcArrangementsPatriarchySupremacyLong Periods Of TimeFeudalism Author:Kate Millett
“Sure, there's a chunk of African-Americans out there who associate the Republican Party with racism, frankly particularly in the Deep South. It's an unfair perception, but it exists. Over a period time, that perception will die away if Republicans are focusing on issues that happen to impact African-Americans.” IfsHappensDiesPartyIssuesPeriodsRepublicanPerceptionRacismImpactSouthAfrican AmericanUnfairAssociatesRepublican PartyChunks Author:Artur Davis