"Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

Race,

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"The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged."

Ovid, Roman Poet

Race, Will

"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was white. Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"

Stephen King, American Author

Race, Identity, Truth, Power, Happiness

"I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Race,

"In the biological sense, race does not exist."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Race, Truth, Science, Wisdom, Power

"Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Race, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Future

"A 'white' kid that asks too many questions is called 'curious.' A 'black' kid that asks too many questions is called 'forward.'"

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Race, Curiosity, Judgment, Bias

"There is nothing like race, is there?"

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Race, Nothing, Equality, Identity

"I never though much about race."

Thelonious Monk, American Musician

Race,

"I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win."

Mark Spitz, American Athlete

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"Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race."

William E. Gladstone, British Leader

Race, Selfishness

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"I soon found law school an unmitigated bore."

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"By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader."

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"There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society."

Society

"When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad."

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"The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant."

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"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was *white.* Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"

"I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race."

"In the biological sense, race does not exist."

"Growing up I sometimes imagined that for Christ's return perhaps He would appear as 'Black Jesus' to white people and 'White Jesus' to black people just to screw with the racists."

"A 'white' kid that asks too many questions is called 'curious.' A 'black' kid that asks too many questions is called 'forward.'"

"There is nothing like race, is there?"

"I never though much about race."

"I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win."

"Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race."

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"I soon found law school an unmitigated bore."

"By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader."

"There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society."

"When Thurgood Marshall became a lawyer, race relations in the United States were particularly bad."

"The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant."

"All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students."

"Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question."

"The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished."

"My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves."

"I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life."

"She looked out and saw a tall and comely woman beckoning to her. Susannah's first look at Mia in the flesh astounded her, because the chap's mother was white. Apparently Odetta-that-was now had a Caucasian side to her personality and how that must frost Detta Walker's racially sensitive butt!"