Race Quotes

Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a racing car not called a racist?

Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.

The 1990s were also when a bunch of the soft-shoe language for race, gender, and class became paramount.

Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.

Be careful out there; I hear humans get killed for wearing the wrong skin.

In every century, there are a handful of writers who help the human race to evolve. Andrea is one of them.

Education, in the broadest of truest sense, will make an individual seek to help all people, regardless of race, regardless of color, regardless of condition.

To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity.

On one hand, I think it’s very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it’s not talked about, then we won’t progress.

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, ‘I’ve never seen anyone run like that before.’ It’s more than just a race, it’s a style. It’s doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.