“It definitely makes it harder. The racial issues are hard to ignore, ... We all agree that what happened was a failure and a disgrace, but the biggest test is what happens now.”
Adam Hunter
“The issues at the federal level relate more to the disturbing racial composition of those who have been convicted and the apparent fact that almost all the convictions are coming out of just a handful of states, which raises the question of whether -- even though there is a uniform law across the country -- what your prosecution is may turn solely on where you committed the crime,”
Hillary Clinton
“Every institutional sector you can point to, I'll show you a racial disparity. When you have a racially structured system, there are more black people at the bottom because there's a dual system that sorts them at the bottom.”
Thaddeus Mathis
“I'm not going to make the statement that my issue is a racially based issue, but I'm also not going to discount that. I have not played the race card in this, and I'm not going to play the race card. But what's happened to me has not happened to any other board member. Why am I being singled out?”
Mike Williams
“Creating a racially diverse society, causes more problems than solutions.”
Liam Weatherhead
“But I do feel as a student at Duke that this incident has brought to light the racial issues of campus that have been in existence before I came onto campus. We have to find a way to integrate race relations, different cultures, and to include tolerance in the Duke code.”
Tracy Egharevba
“The issue to me has always been a racial issue.”
Linda Johnson
