{"quotes":[{"text":"The power structure understands that Black folks have been hungry for so long, fixing us a plate now that's the same size as theirs would do nothing for our hunger. After all, they're pretty full and fat.They know we now require a much bigger plate than theirs to quiet the stomach rumblings.They see us and know what it looks like to be less powerful. They are fighting to never FEEL it.","author":"Darnell Lamont Walker","tags":["african-americans","black-people","equality","government","power","race-relations","racism","systematic-racism"],"id":13107,"author_id":"Darnell+Lamont+Walker"},{"text":"You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were a worthless human being. You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.","author":"James Baldwin","tags":["caste-system","disparities","race-in-america","race-relations","racism","systematic-oppression","systematic-racism"],"id":84385,"author_id":"James+Baldwin"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}