Racism Quotes · Page 111

The reality is we have allowed systemic racism to continue through all these years.

— Sara Gideon

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

— Mike Jackson

The most persistent of all attractive illusions in our country may be that racism can be ended by one single blow.

— McGeorge Bundy

Indeed, in US politics, 'poverty', along with 'welfare', 'unwed mothers' and 'crime', became code words for blacks.

— Frances Fox Piven

If you are not honorable enough to fight without prejudice, go home.

— Lady Gaga

The race will go to the curious, the slightly mad, and those with an un-satiated passion for learning and dare-deviltry.

— Tom Peters

What generally passes for 'thought' among the majority of mankind is the time one takes out to rearrange one's prejudices.

— Clare Boothe Luce

“A faith which one develops on prejudice is merely pointless and will let him nowhere”

— Khalid

They tell us we are all citizens, that we were born in this country. Well, a cat can have kittens in the…

— Malcolm X

The best cure for racism is to have somebody shoot at you. Man, it does not matter then what color the arse…

— Wilbur Smith

“you’re a member of the human race, not a sub-group. Here, you’re a nation of the world with a global awareness, rather…

— Wayne W. Dyer

When I first ran for governor... I had to stand up for segregation or be defeated, but I never insulted black people…

— George Wallace

Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in…

— Anonymous

“South of Larissa the landscape began to change. Jude watched an irrigation machine like a giant stick insect creeping over a field,…

— Paul Alkazraji

The white man is not inherently evil, but America's racist society influences him to act evilly. The society has produced and nourishes…

— Malcolm X

There's this false notion that you have to separate and choose between issues of class and issues of race. What people do…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“We invoke the words of Jefferson and Lincoln because they say something about our legacy and our traditions. We do this because…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat…

— Tao Lin

“Black anti-semitism is a form of underdog resentment and envy, directed at another underdog who has made it in American society. The…

— Cornel West

Black Privilege is a unearned right given to black americans and they were taught to ignore it so it wouldn't cause any…

— Daryl Jones

“Rarely bothering to temper his language, Wallace made the racial subtexts of issues like busing and promiscuity clear. His strong showings in…

— Craig Werner

There never has been a desire on the part of the government that the struggle of Black people in America should be…

— Louis Farrakhan

The old racism of imperialism not only rendered the postwar political elite unable to see black people as full British citizens, it…

— David Olusoga

I intend to talk about race during this election in the South because the Republicans have been talking about it since 1968…

— Howard Dean

I do think I can change the perception of the 'Bachelorette.' And not just because of my race.

— Rachel Lindsay

It would be inaccurate to say the Tea Partiers are racists. What they are, in truth, are narcissists.

— Matt Taibbi

How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all…

— Joaquin Phoenix

Martin Luther King said America had given a bad check to black people.

— Andrew Young

I've never had any problem with race in Boston, so I don't even want to talk about that. I never said anything…

— Jae Crowder

“We also need to understand that white supremacy is at the heart of the problem—not just a racially associated economic inequality.”

— Becky Bond

If support for traditional marriage is bigotry, then Barack Obama was a bigot until just before the 2012 election.

— Marco Rubio

I think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.

— Angela Davis

The obscurity is more often in the passions and prejudices of the reasoner than in the subject.

— Alexander Hamilton

The biggest mistake we can make is to box people out - tell them, 'You're wrong, you're racist, you don't belong in…

— Will Cain

“The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.”

— John C. Maxwell

For me or a Bruce Springsteen to sit up in our ivory towers and make comments about racism, well, were not really…

— John Mellencamp

The African-America n experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry.

— Bill Frist

The Government is responsible for what is happening to black people in America.

— Malcolm X

There's so much that I learned about systemic racism, the history of racial injustice.

— Rick Carlisle

I go to music festivals, and people want to talk to me about racism. I'm like, 'Bro, I'm trying to have fun!'

— Daniel Kaluuya