Randi Weingarten Quotes

Many white Americans resist relinquishing the sense of entitlement skin color has given them throughout our national history.

To never think about race means that it doesn't really shape your life, or more specifically, the race that you have is not a burden to you.

Being of color in America by no means amounts to a constant barrage of negativity. However, unlike being white, being of color means one's race is a constant issue.

There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.

So for a long time I closed my eyes to the possibility of America having a white voice.

The black community sees itself as one group, and they are all experiencing the same experiences as a group with racism and whatnot, growing up in this country.

Every single thing in my life is built around race.

But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society.

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.

Blacks essentially play the race card, when necessary as a counter to white privilege.

If you're white, You're all right. If you're brown, Stick around. But if you're black, Get back, get back.

Every day in America, African Americans are reminded of their race in ways large and small. Every day.

Some white people are privileged, some aren't. Some black people are, some aren't. It's strikes me as, by definition, a racist attack in that it's making a generalization - a negative one - based on skin color.

There are obstacles and challenges that my dark-skinned sisters face that I will never know. How they are perceived when they walk in a room of strangers is something I will never truly know.

We're not able to hide behind myths of this being a post-racial society because Donald Trump has outlined exactly how a large portion of America feels.

Blackness remains the coat you can't take off.

While I was able to pass as white as soon as I came to America, this was not really possible while I was growing up, as it was pretty obvious that I wasn't 'all German.' So my privilege was that in America, I could conveniently withhold one of my bloodlines and avoid racism and discrimination. That is not a privilege most people of color have.

As a black person, I'm used to going to places in which I might be the only black person that shows up there. This experience has an effect on the way you see yourself in the world and what it means to be black in the world.

I think as a black woman, we have a lot of colorism going on around us, and we have a lot of racism as well.

White Americans have the option of not having to think about race on a daily basis. People of color don't. Race is a major deciding factor in their lives and the histories of their families.

The fans called me Jungleman. They said this young guy's not white. He's black in a white man's skin.

The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.

No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty.

I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't.

You can't get much whiter than me.