"The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery."

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"We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease."

Sargent Shriver, American Politician

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"A 'black' man who draws a 'black' person with big lips is called observant. A 'white' man who does the same is called a racist."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"I was the only white kid in my neighborhood for most of my youth even in high school, so reverse racism was just as apparent as racism."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

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"Not all 'whites' are racists. Not all racists are 'white."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"If I go into a club now, all the blonde girls leave my corner and all the black girls come into my corner. It's as if I'm racist towards white girls!"

Boris Becker, German Athlete

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"The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy, and he concludes from this that the black is good for nothing but shining shoes."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

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"If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism."

Ann Coulter, American Journalist

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"In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely."

Omar N. Bradley, American Soldier

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"Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff."

Alvin Ailey, American Dancer

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People

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"I am struck by how casually we as a nation react to the carnage in Iraq."

Loss

"The United States is historically a nation of immigrants."

Nation

"Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere."

Time

"Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate."

Question

"If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime, not the invisible sanctions of the legislature."

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"I'm in the kitchen and I'm not walking out."

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"The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention."

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"Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process of this great Nation."

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