Eldridge Cleaver Quotes

'The Autobiography of Malcolm X.' I've used it to demonstrate racial attitudes to people who I thought needed a better understanding of all human beings. Malcolm was not a racist. He was not looking for revenge. He realized that kindness and goodness did not come from any one kind of person.

The challenge for America is: can we become a multicultural, multiracial democracy? It would be historic. It would be America's greatest contribution to human civilization.

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

If I'm racist, don't think I would have directed shows like 'The Parkers' and 'The Wayans Brothers' or worked 41 episodes with Victoria Rowell on 'Diagnosis: Murder.'

Welcome to post-racial America. I'm the face of post-racial America.

The white people can go wherever they please and they will not be disturbed by us, and I want you to let them know.

… avoid the use of language which may discriminate on grounds of race, ethnicity, gender, age or culture.

I wasn't burdened by a personal history of prejudice. It's part of why I thought Barack could win.

We're not separate races. There's only one human race.

It's time to get past our racial differences. We owe it to our children to help them keep their clean start.

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

If one black man aided by a bevy of good, decent, dedicated, and open liberal-minded whites and Jews can succeed in prevailing over a group of white racists by making them look like the ignorant fools that they are truly are, imagine what a nation of like-minded individuals can accomplish.

For me, Barack Obama's election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before.

It's a new world that's very, very difficult to make sense of. But we have a new hope. We have a new man. America has now elected its first openly black President.

I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one of my friends made a racist joke and another said, 'Hey man, we don't go for that anymore.'

Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first.

We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.

It's a great day in America when white people, black people and Latinos can all come together and pick on another minority.

As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge, not a uniform you can't take off.

I made a lot of friends at school, and they were all Africans. I could have felt very different. I didn't feel different, I didn't notice the color of their skin, I didn't notice the color of my skin and I have remembered that all my life.

I don't think because I hang out with enough black people, I'm gonna turn black. What kind of rationalization is that? I'm just friends with people that I like. I don't care what skin color you are.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

My belief system is that you laugh at racism, and that's how it goes away.