“Claudia Rankine's Citizen comes at you like doom. It's the best note in the wrong song that is America. Its various realities-'mistaken' identity, social racism, the whole fabric of urban and suburban life-are almost too much to bear, but you bear them, because it's the truth. Citizen is Rankine's Spoon River Anthology, an epic as large and frightening and beautiful as the country and various emotional states that produced it.” CountryStatesWholeRealityAmericaBeautifulSongSocialToo MuchIdentityEmotionalBearsCitizensRacismRiversNotesVariousFrighteningFabricUrbanEpicMistakenDoomSpoonsAnthologyClaudiaMistaken Identity Author:Hilton Als
“You factor in racism as a reality and you keep moving.” RealityMovingSuccessRacismPerseveranceFactorsKeep Moving Author:Jewell Jackson McCabe
“Critical Race Theory offers of discrimination frameworks as ways of understanding and eradicating racism. The focus on "discrimination" as the way to understand racism in the US has meant that racism is considered a question of discriminatory intentions - whether or not somebody intentionally left someone out or did something harmful because of their biased feelings about a person's race. This focus on individual racists with bad ideas hides the reality that racism exists wherever conditions of racialized maldistribution exist.” WayPersonsIdeasFeelingsRealityIndividualLeftUnderstandingRaceFocusConditionsTheoryOffersRacismIntentionCriticalDiscriminationRacistFrameworkBad IdeasBiased Author:Dean Spade
“If racism is not the whole of the Tea Party, it is in its heart, along with blind hatred, a total disinterest in the welfare of others, and a full-flowered self-rationalizing refusal to accept the outcomes of elections, or the reality of democracy, or the narrowness of their minds and the equal narrowness of their public support.” IfsMindHeartSelfWholeRealityPartyAcceptingSupportDemocracyEqualRacismHatredElectionBlindTeaWelfareOutcomesRefusalTea PartyDisinterest Author:Keith Olbermann
“I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.” RealityI BelievePeaceBlackViewsAcceptingMankindMonthsKingsRacismRefuseI Believe InPeacefulAfrican AmericanUnconditional LoveBrotherhoodUnconditionalBlack HistoryPeace WarRacial DiscriminationBlack History MonthUnarmedInternational PeaceBlack History Month InspirationalBrotherhood Of ManUnconditional AcceptanceKings SpeechWorld Peace DayDaybreakBlack History InspirationalPeaceful ProtestBlack ChurchAfrican American LoveBlack InspirationalBlack RacismPeace With OthersRacism And PrejudiceDiscrimination And RacismEnding RacismFlotsamBrotherhood And PeaceTrue Brotherhood Book:The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“You cannot be responsible for Jim Crow. You can not be responsible for racism. This is much more a problem for the person exercising racism.You are confronted with the reality of racism when you go in the streets, when the eyes of others come upon you. [James] Baldwin goes back with you to all the experiences you went through and gives a name to them, and explains why it is like this.” GivingPersonsProblemRealityEyeNamesStreetsExerciseRacismResponsibleCan NotCrowBeing ResponsibleJim Crow Author:Raoul Peck
“If you're getting harassed, it's not helpful to know that racism has generally declined in America, when you're still experiencing it. That is a reality that we're still vulnerable to.” IfsKnowsStillsRealityAmericaRacismVulnerableHelpful Author:Shelby Steele
“Acknowledging the realities of structural and institutional racism is hard for conscionable white people. It might ask them to consider how they're personally implicated, or have gained from systems that have oppressed and rejected others. It might require them to take a next step. It's easier to say, "I don't see race," or to dismiss the Black Lives Matter movement as structureless and theatrical than to embrace and promote its most basic premise, which is to believe that black lives have worth.” PeopleBelieveRealityBlackRacismEmbraceRejectedOppressedTheatrical Author:Emily Raboteau
“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” LoveBelieveWarRealityTruthFaithHumanityI BelievePeaceBlackFreedomViewsAcceptingMankindHuman NatureMonthsKingsRacismFinalsWordsBoundsRefuseI Believe InOptimisticPeacefulAfrican AmericanTragicUnconditional LoveBrotherhoodAmerican DreamMidnightUnconditionalBlack HistoryBrightnessPeace WarPeace And LoveBeliveRacial DiscriminationBlack History MonthUnarmedInternational PeaceBlack History Month InspirationalBrotherhood Of ManUnconditional AcceptanceKings SpeechFinal WordsWorld Peace DayDaybreakKings And LoveBlack History InspirationalBlack ChurchAfrican American LoveBlack InspirationalBlack RacismPeace With OthersRacism And PrejudiceDiscrimination And RacismEnding RacismFlotsamBrotherhood And PeaceTruth Will PrevailTrue Brotherhood Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist. I don't mean there's never any overlap. You learn things in one area and bring them into another area. But giving a speech against racism is not the same as writing a novel. The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you don't want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question. Life is more complicated than that. Reality simply consists of different points of view.” GivingWritingMeanArtDifferentReasonRealityArtistFightingNovelRacismComplicatedPoint Of ViewLoyaltyVotingYes Or No Author:Margaret Atwood
“Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his needs through the work ethic, common sense, resilience, technology, and, if need be, racism and imperialism.” IfsMenNeedsFirstsMadeSelfRealityCommonAcceptingTechnologyFashionHeroRacismEthicsResilienceObjectivesCommon SenseCapitalistWork EthicImperialismSelf MadeObjective RealitySelf Made ManRobinson Crusoe Author:Carlos Fuentes
“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.” LoveHeartGodRealityEarthSpiritualPurposeSpiritualityFearBornLove IsCourageJourneyAcceptanceEssentialsRacismPrejudiceSpiritual JourneyHeart LoveFear Of LoveLove Is All You NeedLove And FearAccepting Love Author:Marianne Williamson
“I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.” MenIdeasWarRealityChangeViewsAcceptingDestinyInfluenceMankindEventsRacismRiversMereBoundsRefuseSurroundBrotherhoodMidnightUnfoldingDaybreakFlotsam Author:Martin Luther
“I find that white people in general, including white liberals and even revolutionaries, are most inclined to call you a racist when they don't want to confront the ugly realities that their racism has created. In their eyes, when you attempt to address those realities from your perspective you become a racist.” PeopleWantRealityEyeWhitePerspectiveBecomingFindingsRacismIncludingUglyRevolutionaryAddressesRacistConfrontingEssayistsAccepting RealityAnti Racist Author:Runoko Rashidi
“Racism and sexism are not "problems" or "topics." They are ways of defining reality and living our lives that most of us learned along with learning how to tie our shoes and how to drink from a cup.” WayProblemRealityJusticeOur LivesDrinkDiversityRacismSocial JusticeShoesCupsTiesSexismTopicsDefining Author:Paula Rothenberg
“We are social beings who make communities with an urgency, and it is a stern charge to make us take refuge in the lonely world of oneself. ...Racism attempts to occlude our cosmopolitanism (of the songs in and out of our bones), and it often appropriates our mild forms of xenophobia into its own virulent project. Difference among peoples is something that we negotiate in our everyday interactions, asking questions and being better informed of our mutual realities. To transform difference into the body is an act of bad faith, a denial of our shared nakedness.” WorldBodyRealityFormSongSocialCommunityDifferencesProjectsRacismLonelyAskingEverydayOneselfBonesDenialMutualInteractionRefugeUrgencyAsking QuestionsXenophobiaCosmopolitanismSocial BeingLonely World Author:Vijay Prashad
“However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.” ShouldMomentsRealityChallengesRacismCommitmentHistoricalCelebrateBoardsOfficialsBrownRacistDemise Author:Ed Markey
“Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” BelieveRealityTruthI BelievePeaceBlackKingsRacismFinalsRefuseI Believe InCivil RightsAfrican AmericanGood And EvilUnconditional LoveDefeatedUnconditionalBlack HistoryCivil Rights MovementPeace WarTriumphantPeace And JusticePure LovePeace And LovePeace JusticeRacial DiscriminationBlack History MonthUnarmedGood Against EvilBlack History Month InspirationalUnconditional AcceptanceKings SpeechFinal WordsEvil SpiritsWorld Peace DayDaybreakKings And LoveBlack History InspirationalCivil Right MovementAfrican American LoveBlack InspirationalBlack RacismAccepting The TruthTruth And RealityConditional LoveRacism And PrejudiceReality Of LoveDiscrimination And RacismEnding RacismBrotherhood And PeaceStruggle Between Good And Evil Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I know I'm breaking a taboo by using the term antiwhite racism, but I do so intentionally, because it's the reality some of our fellow citizens live with, and remaining quiet about it only aggravates their trauma.” KnowsRealityTermCitizensQuietRacismFellowsTraumaTaboo Author:Jean-Francois Cope
“Your people, your guards – they’re nothing more than killers, rapists, and thieves. The only difference between them and criminals is the uniforms they wear.” RealityTruthRacismCriminalsOppression Book:Children of Blood and Bone Source: Children of Blood and Bone
“No one is an outside observer of nature, We're defined by our environment and our interaction with that environment -- by our ecology. And that ecology is necessarily relative, historical and empirical.” ReasonRealityInspirationScienceInspirational QuotesNatureRaceColorPerceptionRacismReasoningColourRace RelationsColorsPerception Of RealityPerception And RealityHarmon OkinyoBeauHarmonLottoBeau LottoHarmon OkishOkinyo Author:Beau Lotto