Cab Calloway Quotes

I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being - neither white, black, brown, or red.

You didn't know whether Chuck Berry was black or white - it was not a concern.

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.

The liberal mind regards not what nation or climate it springs up in, nor what color or complexion the man is of.

We march on because all lives matter, not to be judged by the color of their skin.

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

I just treat every race the same.

I didn't fight this fight for the blacks, the whites or the Spanish, I fought th fight for the people. We're all God's children. I don't see color. I'm not a racist When I look at Gerry Cooney, I just see a man trying to take my head off.

Black, white, yellow, brown - we wanted somebody who would do right by us. And I think because Obama was that person, whether he was black or white, he was chosen

I'm not going to play a racial game. With me, you're going to meet a guy named Shelby Steele, and you will have to get to know me as an individual. The color of my skin won't tell you anything. I think there's more and more of that in America.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and that's everybody's wish... I try to be a role model for black kids, white kids, yellow kids, green kids. This is what I felt was good about my personality.

People are realizing that being gay is just as defining as the color of our skin and it's not a choice. I'm really encouraged. I think in my lifetime we will achieve equality. I'm honored to be a part of it.

I'm proud to be white. I don't have anything against my color. But I don't think color matters, either. Just like I feel it doesn't matter that I'm a white dude doin' black music.

I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad says that if the - what should happen is the black man himself should learn how to develop himself, in the same sense that the white man has developed himself. Then they can both come together and recognize each other as equals.

I do not think that any man should be attacked because of his race or religion, or that he should be immune from attack because of race or religion.

All men are created equal and all women are created equal as well, but [equality] seems much clearer when it comes to race issues. In the realms of man/woman, man/man, woman/woman love, it seems all up for grabs now. We are exploring so much, but I think we gotta go for the fight for all equality first.

I think that America could not become America until it dealt with the disenfranchisement of women and African Americans in the last century. It had to. America could not become America until it dealt with that. And did it deal with it perfectly? No. But it had to confront it.

Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough? John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so that his children and my children would not have to do it. We would have been failures if had to do the same things we did.

I want to be identified with the negro; until he gets his rights, we shall never have ours.

Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

I think they ought to be treated equally. Period.

I don't look at people and see color and race. I see inside.

Personally, I really hope I can treat everyone equally. I think I have done a pretty good job so far but I know I can do it better.

All penguins are the same below the surface, which I think is as perfect an analogy as we're likely to get for the futility of racism.