#whit

We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#found #greedy #growing #men #rich

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#america #biggest #black #black and white #block

You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them! ↗

— Van Jones

#believe #black #child #columbine #done

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#black #feel #know #myth #only

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived. ↗

— June Jordan

#deprived #dread #every #fears #nation

I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#everything #give #hands #i #men

We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#ago #besides #came #country #did

The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#cattle #claim #could #drove #each

We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#could #country #gave #let us #man

I want the white people to understand my people. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#people #understand #want #white