W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes

I believe there is only one race - the human race.

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

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

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

You can't have too many books featuring people of color, just like you can't have too many books featuring white people.

'College Road Trip' is colorless. It's not a black film. It's not a white film.

I've never excluded myself because of color. It's never been part of the radar, when I look at anything I do. The majority of the roles that I've played have had very little to do with being black. It doesn't matter what color you are.

I want a fair housing bill. We’ve got to end this Goddamn discrimination against Negroes. Until people, whether they’re purple, brown, black, yellow, red, green, or whatever – live together, they’ll never know they have the same hopes for their children, the same fears, troubles, woes, ambitions.

The author of the Declaration of Independence and his associates declared equal rights impracticable in society constituted of masses of different races

You are responsible for the participation of all racial groups in FHA programs.

Colored people come in all colors.

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

I love black people, I love white people, I love yellow people.

There's one race on this planet. It's called the human race. We're all the same. To me, there is absolutely nothing that has color to do with it.

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.

I believe in 'Black' as much as I believe in 'Bajirao Mastani.'

I go to a church that's an interracial church.

We need more diversity - we need more African-Americans on screen, Latinos, Asians, different religions. We have to be better about reflecting what our world looks like.

I never think of people's nationality too much. I always look at everybody the same. It's impossible for me to just say one group of people over separate groups of people. Maybe it's because I was raised in New York City which is this melting pot. Everybody was always the same and the whole point of my whole film existence was to say that we're just one race.

This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened ... It ought to to be possible, in short, for every American to enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to his race or his color.

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.

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

Here is the chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift again the banner of humanity and to walk toward a civilization which will be free and intelligent; which will be healthy and unafraid; and build in the world a culture led by black folk and joined by peoples of all colors and all races - without poverty, ignorance and disease!

There is only one race ... and it is human!

To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity.