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Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low.

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.

Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.

Racism may be as systemic as it always was. It is the great problem of America. It's the one stumbling block that I don't believe was ever smoothed over.

In one sense, Obama's point couldn't be clearer: race is a distraction from class-based inequities. And if we dismiss working-class resentment as camouflaged racism, we will continue to be distracted by the spectre of race.

The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.

History teaches us that, whatever we say, racists will always distort the words of mainstream politicians to make themselves sound more respectable.

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.

My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.