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Really, the potential for, first of all, any college graduate today is enormously good. These are good times for anyone with a college degree today, particularly African Americans. With a college degree today, you really breach the unemployment rate.

~Alexis Herman

Topics: African African Americans American Any Anyone Breach College College Degree Degree First First Of All Good Good Times Graduate Particularly Potential Rate Really Times Today Unemployment You

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As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.

~Alphonso Jackson

Topics: About African African Americans American Country Hispanics Home Home Ownership Know Less Ownership Percent Than Where You

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What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.

~Andrew Young

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Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit.

~Anthony Braxton

Topics: Accept African African Americans American European Generation Interesting Men Men And Women Most My Generation Nationalist Only Racists Says Which Women Would

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Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to take a page out of their notebook.

~Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Topics: About African African Americans American Beginning Behind First Getting Here Hispanic Indians Involved Notebook Out Page Politically Take Time Way Were

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As N.Y.C. Public Advocate, I released a report that showed that stop-and-frisks of African Americans in 2012 were barely half as likely to yield a weapon as those of white New Yorkers - and a third less likely to yield contraband. Despite this evidence, the vast majority of those stopped are young black and Latino men.

~Bill De Blasio

Topics: Advocate African African Americans American Barely Black Despite Evidence Half Latino Less Likely Majority Men New New Yorkers Public Released Report Stopped Third Those Vast Vast Majority Weapon Were White Yield Young

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From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character.

~Bill Frist

Topics: African African Americans American Banking Blood Character Contributions Culture Influenced Jazz Justice Modern Molded National Our Shaped Social Social Justice Subway

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People have been killing because of racial differences since the time of Adam and Eve, but in this country racism has been primarily aimed at African Americans.

~Bob Cousy

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The number of African Americans in Silicon Valley is dismal. It's not up to one company - it's up to the entire industry to make sure that we are moving the conversation forward. Sometimes those walls of competition need to come down so we can move the entire industry forward.

~Bozoma Saint John

Topics: African African Americans American Come Company Competition Conversation Dismal Down Entire Forward Industry Make Move Moving Need Number Silicon Silicon Valley Sometimes Sure Those Up Valley Walls

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Currently, more than 4.7 million African Americans receive Social Security benefits, and nearly 8 million people with disabilities depend on Social Security for their daily sustenance.

~Chaka Fattah

Topics: African African Americans American Benefits Currently Daily Depend Disabilities Million Million People More Nearly People Receive Security Social Social Security Sustenance Than

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