"Until blacks and whites see each other..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.
More by Maya Angelou
“The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.”
“One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things-in the way that if one sets out to pick up a 100-pound bag of rice, one would be advised to start with a five-pound bag, then 10 pounds, then 20 pounds, and so forth, until one builds up enough muscle to lift the 100-pound bag. It's the same way with courage. You do small courageous things that require some mental and spiritual exertion.”
“The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.”
More on Race
“I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and that's everybody's wish... I try to be a role model for black kids, white kids, yellow kids, green kids. This is what I felt was good about my personality.”
“I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.”
“I appeal to the Youth and those on the ground: start talking to each other across divisions of race and political organizations.”
More on Equality
“Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.”
“I have much more confidence in my ability, or any president or any leader's ability, to mobilize the American people around a multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment to help every child in poverty in this country than I am in being able to mobilize the country around providing a benefit specific to African Americans as a consequence of slavery and Jim Crow.”
“I think the inconveniences of a segregated education are much greater than the inconveniences of busing students so that they can get an integrated quality education.”