Killer Mike Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

The only way you get to the goal of color blindness is to be color conscious along the way.

To me, race is not all about grievance. It is also about pride and empathy and humanity and understanding the value of difference. But along with that, there are also expectations that we should set for ourselves and for others. We should expect to be treated as equal citizens.

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

I'm someone very interested in diversity, equity, social justice, and getting rid of white supremacy.

I was born in the 1960s. I came up in the 1970s. I know how race relations were. The thing is, I want to advance the ball and never return to those days again. I want to keep the topic going. I'm going to discuss it. And we're going to make America better. It's my job as a citizen, and I demand it.

I felt like there was something I needed to do - speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.

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.

Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it!

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

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.

If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies.

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.

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.

If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist.

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

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.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.

I found no better way of dealing with the race problem as to interact with all other people as if discrimination did not exist.

We suspect that 25 years from now the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary.

In approaching this problem [school desegregation], we cannot turn the clock back...