Edward Brooke Quotes

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

Race must never be a partisan issue.

I don't know that white people need to be 'allies' so much as understand that any black struggle in America is ultimately a struggle for the large country. 'Ally' presumes a kind of distance that I am not sure exists.

I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark.

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.

I don't believe in blanket statements on race.

And my point was one I think that you'd agree with, which is there's no room in America for a black racist, a Latino racist, or a white racist, or an Asian racist, or a Native American racist. Now, we're either color blind or we're not color blind.

Our leader will not be a white man with a Black heart, nor a Black man with a white heart, but a Black man with a Black heart.

Racial harmony does not mean racial mixing.

There can be no racial animosity, because there are no races.

I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we're all in the same boat.

I can tell you that anyone who knows me knows that there is not a racial bone in my body.

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

What I remember about race relations in the 1990s is that you showed your awareness by saying you didn't see race, that you were colour-blind.

Guess what, Beyonce? White people like your music, too. White people buy your songs on iTunes, memorize your lyrics, and admire your talent and beauty. Little white girls wanna be like you just as little black girls do, but instead of that, you'd rather perpetuate the great battle of the races.

I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man by the color of his skin. It teaches me to judge him by his deeds and his conscious behavior. And it teaches me to be for the rights of all human beings, but especially the Afro-American human being, because my religion is a natural religion, and the first law of nature is self-preservation.

The ultimate solution to the race problem lies in the willingness of men to obey the unenforceable.

I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They are still all too small in quantity, but they are big in quality.

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.

When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.