Racial Minority Quotes

I was Catholic. You talk about a minority within a minority within a minority: a black Catholic in Savannah, GA.

My concern is what will happen to that white minority in the future because…with all our suffering, we are being hardened. The government claims that it would be committing suicide by not giving us political rights.

Equality is not a one-way proposition. With equality goes responsibility and obligation. There are negroes who have shown that they are not ready to accept this obligation.… Just remember one thing White Man— you’re the minority in this here bigoted world of ours. And you’re becoming a smaller minority with the passing of each day.”

One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help.

Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, and overswept.

I love that as a black person I've experienced not being a minority. I think that's helped me to combat the minority mentality people can have here, which can stop them scaling the heights.

I went to a private girls' school where I was one out of five girls in the class who looked like me.

I know that some people, when they are growing up and they - as a person of color in a majority community - that they may feel as if they are left out, or they feel a bit strange.

We were the only black family in my neighborhood for many years. Wherever we lived, we were often the only black family, and certainly the only Haitian family. But my parents were really great at providing a loving home where we could feel safe and secure.

As an individual, and I have to say as a person of color, the thing about being an 'other' in America is I really feel like you're bilingual. I'm from a small town in Wisconsin, but even when I'm in New York and I'm working for MSNBC or CNN, you're used to being the only black person in the room.

I was one of three kids of colour in our school. There was a young black brother and sister, and me. So we stood out.