Race Relations – Page 2

The advantage that my

The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people. Chris Rock

Here’s the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it’s all nonsense. There are no race relations. White people were crazy. Now they’re not as crazy. To say that black people have made progress would be to say they deserve what happened to them before. Chris Rock

So, to say Barack

So, to say Barack Obama is progress is saying that he’s the first black person that is qualified to be president. That’s not black progress. That’s white progress. Chris Rock

I believe in terms

I believe in terms of the work that I do, in establishing dialogue about race relations in Latin America, steps on one of the most relevant themes today. Bocafloja

A white person listens

A white person listens to my act and he laughs and he thinks, ‘Yeah, that’s the way I see it too.’ Okay. He’s white. I’m Negro. And we both see things the same way. That must mean that we are alike….. So I figure I’m doing as much for good race relations as the next … Read more

Now, I’ve lived long

Now, I’ve lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10 or 20 or 30 years ago no matter what some folks say. You can see it not just in statistics, you see it in the attitudes of young Americans across the political spectrum. But we’re not where we need … Read more

Once in a while,

Once in a while, God sends a good white person my way, even to this day. I think it’s God’s way of keeping me from becoming too mean. And when he sends a nice one to me, then I have to eat crow. And honey, crow is a tough old bird to eat, let me … Read more

One who is a

One who is a slaveholder at heart never recognizes a human being in a slave. Angelina Grimke

We’re just at a

We’re just at a point in regard to race relations, we’re at a tipping point in America. It’s a crucial time. It’s sad, honestly, I think it’s a place that deep down no one wants to be in. But it’s something that needs to be addressed, it’s something that needs to be fixed, and hopefully … Read more

I think that, ultimately,

I think that, ultimately, the only thing that affects race relations is fair treatment. Ras Baraka