Rachel Dolezal Quotes

I can't say that there's been some big change during my career where all of a sudden everything's totally colorblind.

We've come a long way from the days where there was state-enforced segregation. But we still have a way to go.

I was born in the 1960s. I came up in the 1970s. I know how race relations were. The thing is, I want to advance the ball and never return to those days again. I want to keep the topic going. I'm going to discuss it. And we're going to make America better. It's my job as a citizen, and I demand it.

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.

The cost of remaining segregated when others integrated was too high …. Society’s best safeguard against persistent discrimination is competition.

However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

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

We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice; the only way to prevent future injustice is to create the society we would like to see, one where we are all equal under the law.

There's a lot of Americans, black and white, who think that we've arrived where we need to be and nothing else needs to be done and affirmative action needs to be dismantled.

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.

People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead.

If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters.

Affirmative action is under attack today, not because it has failed, but because it succeeded.

Where the effects of past discrimination persist, society has an obligation to take positive steps to overcome the legacy of injustice. Judiciously administered affirmative action programs in education and employment can be important expressions of the drive for solidarity and participation that is at the heart of true justice. Social harm calls for social relief.

The work does not end with the abolition of slavery but only begins.

The only way you get to the goal of color blindness is to be color conscious along the way.

By the force of our demands, our determination and our numbers, we shall splinter the segregated South into a thousand pieces, and put them back in the image of God and democracy.

We suspect that 25 years from now the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary.

The whole issue of race and discrimination is a moral issue.

In approaching this problem [school desegregation], we cannot turn the clock back...

When I say there should not be a BET channel or a Black History Month, I'm saying we deserve more. I just hope people understand that I'm not judging; I'm coming from experience.