Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes

My black brothers and sisters - of all religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs - we all have in common the greatest binding tie we could have. We are all black people!

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

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 still enjoy a lot of support from the black community.

I'm not gonna ruin my reputation with the blacks no more.

I'm not for having to support everything that's black, because I definitely don't. But I do feel like it is imperative for us to see that we are not a monolithic people.

Black people, we are not this monolithic group, you know?

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 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.

I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.

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

Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side, not the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white.

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.

I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to us, we should wake up.

I've never tried to run away from my race. I was born a black man. You know that in your bones as soon as you are able to understand this country... My approach to life about race is, I don't see the difference between black people and white people.

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

The destinies of the two races in this country are indissolubly linked together, and the interests of both require that the common government of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law.

The greatest hope most Americans - including Republicans - had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person as the country's president would reduce, if not come close to eliminating, the racial tensions that have plagued America for generations.

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.

The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.

The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.

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.

Society of the Friends of Blacks

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