#race

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. ↗

— Harry A. Blackmun

#account #beyond #differently #equally #first

It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people. ↗

— Mos Def

#any #artist #available #black #embraced

I was really happy with my race, though. I beat my personal best by 1.2 seconds. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#best #happy #i #personal #race

I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#expecting #get #gold #good #good thing

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.' ↗

— Jayson Blair

#caught #demons #i #i believe #me

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#hire #hiring #how #i #know

It's hard to say what role race really played in my case. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#hard #played #race #really #role

My oldest son always wants to race. He's kind of like me and it now has carried over to the other two. They're all pretty competitive now. We do stuff in the pool. They're like fish in water. They go all over the place. They're kids. They like to play, have fun and compete with everything they do. ↗

— Steve Blake

#carried #compete #competitive #everything #fish

You've got to embrace what you don't know. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#got #know #you

A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God... When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy. ↗

— Marian Anderson

#gift #given #god #grace #greedy