Cuba Gooding Jr. Quotes

I don't believe in blanket statements on race.

Racist means thinking more highly of another, being superior to another. I don't feel better or superior - white, black, yellow, all the same.

You cannot look at a person and judge him or her by the color of their skin.

Black, white, yellow, brown - we wanted somebody who would do right by us. And I think because Obama was that person, whether he was black or white, he was chosen

I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

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

We were taught in school, and I was taught at home and in church, that blacks and whites were equal and we should not discriminate based on skin color, even if my school was almost entirely white.

Am I a racist? No. That simple. And if that's not good enough for you, too bad.

I grew up in a world where the majority of people were black, so that wasn't the defining quality of anyone. When you're describing someone, you don't start out with 'he's black, he's white.'

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

So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.

Of course, it's fun to play with Blacks.

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

Hereafter in the enlistment of men in the Army... no distinction whatsoever shall be made on account of race or color

The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race

Its whole effect is not to confer or regulate rights, but to require that whatever of these enumerated rights and obligations are imposed by State laws shall ... be without distinction based on race.

Hungry children should be fed whether they are Black Panthers or White Republicans

It is not true that the enfranchisement of all will result in racial domination. Political division based on color is entirely artificial and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color by another. The ANC has spent half a century fighting against racialism; when it triumphs, it will not change that policy.

You are responsible for the participation of all racial groups in FHA programs.

The interesting thing about white power and the desperate white knuckling grip on this thing call whiteness, which is a myth in itself, is that black folks... we're not asking you to invent new laws for us. We're asking you to include us in the laws that are already on the books.

Being able to live without having to be defined by your skin color is the hallmark of privilege.

To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.

Antiracism is direct opposition to any idea that supposes one race is better than any other in any respect.

I personally didn't go to any marches or anything like that. For me, all lives matter, you know what I mean?

Does racism exist in this country? Sure. But I think the overwhelming majority of Americans who care about this country do not care about skin color.