White Quotes

Whites and Blacks––to recognize that racial disparities fueled by unwarranted bigotry were crippling America’s ability to shine as a true beacon of democracy in a world filled with people

I am black or white, I’ll never be grey in my life.

I’m still trying to fix up the wreckage you left behind, the chaotic strings of misery you let fall to the floor. Each piece delicately piercing my skin, the red glow a contrast to my continual white limbs.

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.

Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?

Whenever someone refers to me as someone “who happens to be black,” I wonder if they realize that both my parents are black. If I had turned out to be Scandinavian or Chinese, people would have wondered what was going on.

Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.