„In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington.“

— Paul Robeson

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„The present difficulty, in bringing all parts of the United States to a happy unity and love of country grows out of the prejudice to color. The prejudice is a senseless one, but it exists.“
— Ulysses S. Grant
„Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.“
— Pablo Picasso
„When people like me, they like me "in spite of my color." When they dislike me; they point out that it isn't because of my color. Either way, I am locked in to the infernal circle.“
— Frantz Fanon
„To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.“
— William Faulkner