Erik Spoelstra Quotes

Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today.

What worries me is that 'post-racial' America is not that different from the Americas that have preceded us, and it might not ever be.

Ours has not been a racially democratic society for 300 years.

He shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all.

If there is inequality, and that equates with colour, then I'm going to deal with it.

When the world's moving towards being the most inclusive it's ever been, it's unthinkable that certain basic aspects of life are still so unfair for the black community.

Of course, the opposite of white privilege is not blackness, as many of us seemed to think then; the opposite of white privilege is working to dismantle that privilege. But my particular hip-hop generation proved to be very serious about figuring it all out and staying engaged.

This whole notion of a post racial America was nonsense from the very beginning. It was a bad idea, a bad notion, a bad formulation when it was first raised.

The white man believes in equality, but apparently believes the white man is more equal than the Indian.

Opportunity seems to be color-coded here in America

Until racial justice and freedom is a reality in this land, our union will remain profoundly imperfect.... The Negro is going to get justice or this society will be ripped apart.

Now in speaking like this, it doesn't mean that we're anti-white, but it does mean we're anti-exploitation, we're anti-degradation, we're anti-oppression. And if the white man doesn't want us to be anti-him, let him stop oppressing and exploiting and degrading us.

Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues.

Civil rights in this country is unfinished business, and racism is alive and well.

The success of the few does not excuse the caste-like system that exists for many. In fact, black exceptionalism - the high-profile, highly visible examples of the black success - actually serves to justify and rationalize mass incarceration.

I have long since passed that period when I felt personal discomfort at the sight of an ill-dressed or illiterate Negro. Social awareness has taught me where to lay the blame.

I have never been what you would call just an integrationist. I know I've been called that... Integrating that bus wouldn't mean more equality. Even when there was segregation, there was plenty of integration in the South, but it was for the benefit and convenience of the white person, not us.

I feel like racism isn't over.

Jesus' birthday is commercialized, so of course, Black History Month is commercialized.

I couldn't see why a black man wasn't allowed to drink out of the same water fountain or sit in the same bus or go to the same schools as a white guy.

The unified message in this fight against systemic racism and racial inequality is something that our entire Association is united to fight against.

Separate but equal does not work.

Racial inequality is a big problem.

I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.

I want the white people to understand my people.