I understand the distrust of the African American community given the history in this country. I think we have to recognize that for most of our history, our institutions were explicitly racist. – William Barr
We must, as citizens, address head-on the issue of police brutality and sustained injustices against the African American community. – Mike Mullen
As a white man, I cannot claim perfect understanding of the fear and anger that African Americans feel today. But as someone who has been around for a while, I know enough – and I’ve seen enough – to understand that those feelings are real and that they are all too painfully founded. – Mike Mullen
Under Democratic presidents and Republican presidents we have had for 40 years an unrelenting tide of police abuse against African Americans. – Van Jones
It remains a shocking failure that many African Americans, especially young African American men, are harassed and threatened in their own country. – George W. Bush
I’m tri-racial: African-American, Native American and Euro – that’s the Scotch-Irish part. – Alice Walker
The very fact that Barack Obama – an African-American – was twice elected to the presidency will always be the lead line in that hard-to-meld, gold-plated paragraph. – Douglas Brinkley
Those people are living in hell in Baltimore. They’re largely African-American…and they really appreciate what I’m doing, and they let me know it. – Donald Trump
African-American women account for 67 percent of all newly diagnosed female AIDS cases. – Elijah Cummings
I have a great relationship with African Americans, as you possibly have heard. I just have great respect for them. And they like me. I like them. – Donald Trump
Our great African-American President hasn’t exactly had a positive impact on the thugs who are so happily and openly destroying Baltimore. – Donald Trump After Baltimore erupted in protests regarding Freddie Gray’s death in police custody, Trump took to Twitter blaming Obama for the violence.
With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check the boxes that you’re comfortable with. Race is completely open in that regard. – Jennifer Gilmore
I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man. – Joe Biden About US presidential candidate Barack Obama, January 2007. He later apologised for these remarks, saying: “I deeply regret any offense my remark in the New York Observer might have caused anyone. That was not my intent and I expressed that to Sen. Obama”.
