Larry Bird Quotes

My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best of both worlds. I think that is where my comedy developed.

I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.

We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.

As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.

There's nothing wrong with white if it's all right.

There is no scientific reason why there should not be intermarriage between two human beings who happen to be of different race or color …. The determination of any white person not to have children with Negro, Chinese, or Irish blood is a desire which demands respect. In like manner, the tastes of others, no matter how few or many, who disagree, demand equal respect…. The determination of any white person not to have children with Negro, Chinese, or Irish blood is a desire which demands respect. In like manner, the tastes of others, no matter how few or many, who disagree, demand equal respect.

I have never contended for giving the negro equal privileges with the white man. That is a doctrine I do not advocate.

When was the last time each of us discussed the issue of race with a member of another race?

Segregation of the races is proper and the only practical and correct way of life ...

People don't want to be thought of as racists ... all polls tend to over-report tolerance.

I believe the Indian then to be in body and mind equal to the white man.

When Basquiat was hanging out with Madonna and Fab Five Freddy, and all those worlds were colliding, people have to realize hip-hop and the arts were like this 'cause we both were outcasts: we wasn't allowed inside the galleries or inside Yankee Stadium. We were writing in the street and making music.

I think being biracial is a different experience. I think that, and coming from the U.K., I feel as much white as I do black. And so it's really important for me to address these issues of identity in my work. But also, you know, we're always stronger when we work on, you know, what we have in common. And I love exploring that in my work.

It's very important for me to have dialogues across racial lines.

My sister lived in England for a while when I was 12, and I came to visit her, and I spent most of the time in her flat reading.

Some people in America don't ever interact with black people outside of television, so we should give them real, believable characters.

When I first ran for governor... I had to stand up for segregation or be defeated, but I never insulted black people by calling them inferior.

One of the problems in our lives is that people from different segments of our society just don't communicate with each other, nor do you ever see entertainment where they communicate with each other and fight with each other.

I didn't mind being in a school with a small African-American population. The African-American-community was very tight, and that was great. But I also wanted to interact with other types of folks.

I was part of a hip-hop group called Fly Style. I was one of two white girls, and I was part of the younger company, which was called Touch of Style. And it was amazing. It gave me a different perception of dance and beauty because the other girls were mostly African-American and Latina.

The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things.

I grew up in a great neighborhood, and I remember that you just walked out the front door, and you had a ton of friends to hang out and play with.

'The Cosby Show' was a show about black people that was fundamentally and unequivocally friendly to whiteness and to white people. The Huxtables had white friends.

I started playing football with my mates and my brothers, in the playground or the park or the front garden. It was just about enjoying it, having a good time playing. I wanted to play all the time.

We were in denial about the extent to which Britain had cured itself of the poison of racism.