#whit

Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#before #black #ever #got #hold

I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#always #community #contact #direct #eye

Prim and proper white women, I like what I see. ↗

— Guy Madison

#i see #like #proper #see #white

What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you. ↗

— Vernon Jordan

#basis #cannot #care #equal #i

The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark. They brought many things that our people had never seen. They talked straight. These men were very kind. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#came #clark #country #first #had

The white man's blood and bones have begotten this bronze race, and bequeathed to it in some degree qualities, tendencies, capabilities, such as are the inheritance of the highest order of human animals. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#bequeathed #blood #bones #bronze #capabilities

We were once friends with the whites but you nudged us out of the way by your intrigues, and now when we are in council you keep nudging each other. ↗

— Black Kettle

#each #friends #intrigues #keep #now

Democrats were quick to point out that President Bush's budget creates a 1 trillion dollar deficit. The White House quickly responded with 'Hey, look over there, it's Saddam Hussein.' ↗

— Craig Kilborn

#bush #creates #deficit #democrats #dollar

My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic. ↗

— Chiang Kai-shek

#due #good #good health #health #made

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley. ↗

— Spike Lee

#beginning #black #bob #bob marley #college