Langston Hughes Quotes

No particular race is the enemy. Ignorance is the enemy.

Where I come from, there's no common enemy, there's no "why." There's no, "I hate white people."

That's absolutely how I am. Like race, black or white - I see absolutely no difference. Because for me it's just such a reality. You are human, I am human, let's try to accept one another for whatever we are.

I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother, it don't matter if you're black or white.

I do believe that part of us ending racism is us seeing each other's humanity and learning to love each other, even if we look different or worship differently or live differently.

Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

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

Whoever foments and spreads antagonism and hate between the races, sins against humanity.

The area where I grew up in Birmingham was very diverse - I was aware of my race but not overly aware of it - and there seemed to be an understanding that we were all very much in the same boat.

Racist means thinking more highly of another, being superior to another. I don't feel better or superior - white, black, yellow, all the same.

Color don't mean nothin'. 'Cause we're all God's children.

Once my school was integrated, and I was there with white kids and a few black kids, it really didn't matter to us what we looked like.

We can't let people drive wedges between us... because there's only one human race.

All the nations of the earth must learn to live together in peace. Why be prejudiced against anyone because of their race, nationality, or creed? When there's so many real reasons to hate others.

It aint about black or white cause we're human

I don't understand racism. I have many black friends and many others have been my opponents. Respect is basic. Unfortunately racism is a social problem, and football belongs to society.

Mutual tolerance is a necessity for all time and for all races.

The heart never knows the colour of the skin

My message is really that racism has no place in the hearts and minds of our children.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Education is the thing. This black-white bit - I don't deal with people that way. I deal with it as if you are another individual. If you do something that perturbs me or aggravates me, I do not think you've done it because I'm black.

We would like to get to a point in our society where people really are colorblind and this message would not have to be told anymore. Unfortunately, we're not there yet.

That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.