Killer Mike Quotes

Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a list of black men that were qualified to be the president of the United States. So the Obama victory is progress for white people.

People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction.

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.

I love when white people use their privilege to combat prejudice.

As part of my work, I teach, lead and participate in affinity groups, facilitate workshops, and mentor other whites on recognizing and interrupting racism in our lives.

The way you start to break down systemic racism is to start building individual relationships with people who are not like you.

I'm your typical highly educated, progressive white dude. I've lived my life resisting racism both within myself and in the society around me.

However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.

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.

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

There's sort of a persistent misperception that talking about race is black folk's burden. Ultimately, only men can end sexism, and only white people can end racism.

We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice; the only way to prevent future injustice is to create the society we would like to see, one where we are all equal under the law.

It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.

Social equity is based on justice; politics change on the opinion of the time. The black man's skin will be a mark of social inferiority so long as white men are conceited, ignorant, unjust, and prejudiced. You cannot legislate these qualities out of the white - you must steal them out by teaching, illustration, and example.

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead.

Jeremiah Wright is one of the greatest prophetic preachers that black America has produced. What I find striking is that many white brothers and sisters miss the fact that there would be no black church if the white church wasn't political and racist in refusing to worship with us.

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

I don't think the job of the antiracist is to convert the far-out heathen racist, or give them their 'come to Jesus' moment, as it's called. They'll either have those or they won't, and usually, when they have them, it's not because of something someone said per se; it's because of some life crisis that makes them rethink.

It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.

I don't think that the country is ever ready to have the conversation about race.

I hold that this government was established…for the benefit of white men and their prosperity forever, and should be administered by white men, and none others.