Tarana Burke Quotes

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

Forget our special grievances and close ranks shoulder to shoulder with our white fellow-citizens.

I am the equal of any white man. I want you to feel the same way.

I want to see this nation united as opposed to divided. I don't want to see a race war as Donald Trump does.

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

As far as I'm concerned, and this is a big theme of mine, I'm not interested in white people loving me. It's an unrealistic expectation. Black people don't love anybody but themselves.

My black brothers and sisters - of all religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs - we all have in common the greatest binding tie we could have. We are all black people!

Our leader will not be a white man with a Black heart, nor a Black man with a white heart, but a Black man with a Black heart.

Race must never be a partisan issue.

It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.

I still enjoy a lot of support from the black community.

I can't even see me wasting my time or my talent to disrespect another black man.

I shouldn't make fun of the blacks: President Obama is a personal friend of mine. He was over to the house yesterday, but the mop broke.

The one thing that I'm always gonna promote is, 'Don't look at a fellow black man as an enemy.' And it's hard. It's really hard, though, when you're coming up. It's something that you have to teach yourself and learn.

Black lives matter just as much as White lives matter, just as much as Hispanic lives matter.

Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation.

Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction.

During the canvass in the State of Mississippi, I traveled into different parts of that state, and this is the doctrine that I everywhere uttered: that while I was in favor of building up the colored race, I was not in favor of tearing down the white race.

I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.

The people of the North owe to the colored race a deep obligation that is no easy matter to fulfill.

We believe that when you make Black America better - you make all of America better.

I've never tried to run away from my race. I was born a black man. You know that in your bones as soon as you are able to understand this country... My approach to life about race is, I don't see the difference between black people and white people.

Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.

I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.