Racism Quotes · Page 127

Adolescence as the time when an individual ‘recapitulates’ the savage stage of the race’s past.

— G. Stanley Hall

In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.

— P. T. Barnum

We should understand the impact that Malcolm had on the whole of American society.

— Amiri Baraka

“To those supremacist racists I ask what color will be their bodies when they turn to dust.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

If you are that upset with it being used by people not of color, stop using it yourself.

— Anonymous

On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any…

— Walter Cronkite

Race and gender quotas, whether in publishing, the media, or scientific research labs, are becoming more extreme and more ineluctable.

— Heather Mac Donald

Blackness is not simply a reactionary title or identity; that is indeed the "negative" way of characterizing African American identity.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Unknown to self, greedy to get, so are we human, living in unrest. Searching outer scenes, and search lie within, unaware,indifferent to…

— Senoraroy

If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and…

— Martin Jacques

The civil rights movement is understanding your freedom under the Constitution of these United States and if anyone tries to take those…

— Ken Hutcherson

I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white…

— Barack Obama

“Forget the world, forget civilization, forget all those pompous ideas of progress and global goals, simply take a stand in your vicinity,…

— Abhijit Naskar

Civilization is not a spontaneous generation with any race or nation known to history, but the torch is handed down from race…

— Kelly Miller

Racism does not diminish with brains, it's a disease, a sickness, it may incubate in ignorance but it doesn't necessarily disappear with…

— Bryce Courtenay

Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty…

— George Ryan

When you're on the yard, prisoner politics dictate that you only socialize with your own race. If you fraternize with other races,…

— James Fox

“There are some animal advocates who say that to maintain that veganism is the moral baseline is objectionable because it is “judgmental,”…

— GaryLFrancione

For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game,…

— Audre Lorde

“The system's acts are covert, just as the racist ideas of the people are implicit. I could not wrap my head around…

— Ibram X. Kendi

Many thought that the abolition of slavery, the end of Jim Crow, and the legislative progress of the Civil Rights Era, among…

— Opal Tometi

“Decades of social science studies have confirmed what the Heidi/Howard case study so blatantly demonstrates: we evaluate people based on stereotypes (gender,…

— Sheryl Sandberg

The Negroes of America had taken the President, the press and the pulpit at their word when they spoke in broad terms…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“One of the greatest paradoxes of the Black Power movement was that it talked unceasingly about not imitating the values of white…

— Martin Luther King Jr

White supremacy is a very, very popular and trenchant belief in this country's history and heritage.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I've been a lot of places, seen a lot of faces. Ah hell I even fuck with different races.

— Lil Kim

That feeling of hopelessness and racism has been looming over Detroit ever since I was a kid.

— Robert Hood

“Is the fear that he is white or an athlete? Because what it comes down to is men will do what they…

— Toye Lawson Brown

For whatever reason, illiteracy continues to plague the racist troll community.

— Franchesca Ramsey

In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.

— Eric Liu

The logic behind white domination is to prepare the black man for the subservient role in this country.

— Steven Biko

Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.

— Audre Lorde

“Fact One: Races are won or lost in key moments. Fact Two: Success in the sport is, above all else, about enduring…

— Chris McCormack

Martin Luther King gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech, not the 'I Have a Plan' speech.

— Simon Sinek

And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls…

— Ray Stannard Baker

It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing.

— Nat King Cole

Racism should be a core concern for all Americans in every area of our lives.

— Opal Tometi

I hate to tell you, but racism is alive and well in a lot of parts of the world.

— Timothy Olyphant

I would disagree that America is any more racist or ridiculous than anywhere else.

— Frances McDormand

Every child in America deserves to be in a safe environment that is free from discrimination.

— Betsy DeVos