W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

The party of Lincoln should be reaching out to blacks, Hispanics gays and so forth and so on.

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

Unless we bring in blacks as full partners, my country won’t be fit for my grandchildren.

When you've got a society that is diverse, what happens is for a time, the issue is integrating your minorities into that society.

Minority ethnic issues need to be mainstream issues.

I have supported civil rights activity in my state. I have done my job with integrity, equality, and fairness for all.

Asian-Americans are fighting for space and fighting for visibility and for acceptance.

The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.

I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black, if I had equal possession and enjoyment of privileges, but I shall never be reconciled living among them subservient to their will.

Integration begins the day after the minds of the people are desegregated.

We cannot stop senseless violence without the rule of law and security forces that represent and respect every segment of society.

As a gay person, I'm used to speaking on gay issues. As a black person, I'm used to speaking on black issues.

My main priorities were to fight for Britain. Not a lot of Asians get selected for this country at anything, and it's a great achievement.

Everyone in the street where I grew up was given the same message: You can be anything; you can do anything. That wasn't extraordinary; that was ordinary for us. My folks didn't believe in black exceptionalism. There's nothing exceptional about 'You can have that, too' - except when it comes to justice. You can't have that.

You can't expect to go about change - especially change of this nature, when you talk about racial equality and justice - you can't expect to go about or engage in that without resistance, and so you're going to have some people who aren't on board.

I want to thank the fans across the country who have supported me in this effort to fight for equality and justice. I want to thank those that have dedicated their lives to this fight, as I know that it is not easy. And I want to challenge those who stay silent to be courageous and use your platforms to become part of the solution. God Bless.

I have black friends, but I don't just hang out with black kids. I might pull up with Indian kids, white kids, black kids, whatever.

Justice should be one of the things that's colorblind.

It's just making sure that everyone is treated equally. Is that so progressive? I don't think it's progressive, I think it's human. And not just gay people - women's rights, immigrants, people of different ethnic backgrounds.

My kids are the reason I continue to strive for something better. They know - as kids who are Muslim, Somali, black Americans - that they've always been part of a struggle and that change isn't easy.

Let me just make a stand that our friends and family in the LGBTQIA-plus community have the right to take up space in our society.

When we address the disparities facing black people, we get a lot closer to a true democracy where all lives matter.

One of my key areas of unification is to champion multiracialism. Multiracialism is vital to unity.

Being born gay, black, and female is not a revolutionary act. Being proud to be a gay black female is.

If more stories are told about marginalized communities, subcultures, and minorities, the less marginalized they will be.