Julian Bond Quotes

I am tired of people using 'diverse' to mean 'of color.' That's not what that word means. 'Diversity' means people of all different races, all together - like a New York City subway.

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

There is no one American beauty or just one beautiful color in the pantheon, especially in regards to black people - there is no better color.

The United States is not a nation of black and white people. Any fool can see that white people are not really white, and that black people are not black.

I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.

Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.

I loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up.

If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all of who you are but still finding a way to identify yourself and I think that's often hard for us to do.

As far as diversity's concerned, there's me, there's Al Madrigal, there's Aasif Mandvi. But I'm not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out.

The white and colored people of this country [can] be blended into a common nationality…

White people must know that they are part black; Black people must know that they are part white.

We call each other colored people, black people, but not negro…

I think being biracial is a different experience. I think that, and coming from the U.K., I feel as much white as I do black. And so it's really important for me to address these issues of identity in my work. But also, you know, we're always stronger when we work on, you know, what we have in common. And I love exploring that in my work.

I'm a member of a very complex and richly valued race.

I feel like I get a variety of people in my crowd. Because of that, there's a nice amount of Hispanic people and Latinos that come to my shows. There's also a really big amount of Black and White people.

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.

'Yellow Face' marks my summation of multiculturalism.

I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me.

I've never bothered about my color. I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love. Maybe. I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.

Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white.

There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!

More often than not, we think of ourselves as black, white, Asian, or Hispanic pretty much in this country, but the real America is much more than that.

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.

Scientology is not a white religion. It is not just for white people.

You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people.