#hit

Whites would rather not be involved in race matters, I think. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#i think #involved #matters #race #rather

All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#civilization #cradle #eastern #exceptions #few

Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#had #his #james #life #meredith

I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians. ↗

— Eddie Murray

#hitting #i #indians #instructor #now

I've always been my own hitting coach. ↗

— David Ortiz

#been #coach #hitting #i #my own

It's funny that all these goths paint their faces with such white make-up and that is the actual colour of my skin, I am that pale! ↗

— Kelly Osbourne

#am #colour #faces #funny #i

In my time since moving to the United States, I've found that there is a dearth of great writing for black people. There are stories that depict us in a way that isn't cliched or niche, and that a white person, a Chinese person, an Indian person can watch and relate to. Those are the stories I want to be a part of telling. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#chinese #cliched #dearth #depict #found

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it. ↗

— Rosie Perez

#celebrity #conform #did #hits #i

If I were white, I'd get less criticism. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#get #i #less #were #white

There are horrible people who, instead of solving a problem, tangle it up and make it harder to solve for anyone who wants to deal with it. Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#asked #deal #does #harder #head