Racism Quotes · Page 143

It's a wonder you don't see the zebra being trotted out as a metaphor for racial harmony more often.

— Dov Davidoff

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

— Bill Frist

“#307 "The machine that is this country runs on prejudice and censorship." ~”

— Veracity by Laura Bynun

I feel that discrimination and hierarchy is something that people have to face constantly.

— Radhika Apte

I married an Asian. I have eight biracial children, therefore I'm quite certain that I'm the last person that could be called…

— Kate Gosselin

Black lives do matter, of course they do, but we know that the Black Lives Matter movement - capital B, L, M…

— Kemi Badenoch

“The War on Drugs will go down in history as the most racist crusade since slavery.”

— Thor Benson

True affection and love have a purity which shall always prevail over bigotry.

— Libba Bray

“People who emphasize extrinsic values show higher levels of prejudice, less concern for human rights, lower levels of behavior to protect the…

— Jonah Sachs

I think it's useful to recall that a lot of these statutes like 'disrupting the classroom' or 'disturbing the peace' have long…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

“And, despite their racial handicap, many whites have nonetheless excelled at non-motorsports, as well. You can’t open a newspaper these days”

— C.H. Dalton

When one in three Black men are in prison, those larger systemic injustices become a part of what it means to love…

— Shane Claiborne

If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and…

— Robert Kennedy

Why should anyone get treated differently, because of race, sex, or whatever? We're all human, we all breathe, we all have souls,…

— Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Both casual, unthinking discrimination and deliberate, malicious homophobia erode self-confidence and undermine mental health. Both are far too common, not just in…

— Bill Shorten

I had always been interested in race and racial justice, but mostly it was with my nose pressed up against the glass,…

— Tom Brokaw

In your short stay in Atlanta, I'm sure you saw that there was great competition between Martin's [Luther King] father and John…

— Ella Baker

Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is…

— Annie Besant

The economic philosophy of black nationalism only means that our people need to be re-educated into the importance of controlling the economy…

— Malcolm X

These movements aren't about anger. We're not angrily saying 'Black Lives Matter.' We're declaring it. It's a declaration. We want to be…

— Tarana Burke

The 1990s were also when a bunch of the soft-shoe language for race, gender, and class became paramount. Because before that I…

— Adrian Matejka

A society struggles to fulfill its best instincts, even as an individual does, and generally makes just as hard going of it.…

— Margaret Halsey

People experience all kinds of prejudice because of all different parts of themselves. And that doesn't make one part more important than…

— Amandla Stenberg

If you have any racist friends, it's on you to stop that immediately and let them know why that's not right, or…

— Kyler Murray

I'm very committed to anti-racism and gender equality - political issues, but not party political.

— David Baddiel

Nonetheless, much has been learned by studying the statistical differences between the various human races.

— J. Philippe Rushton

I'm not sure that there are days of my life when I'm not confronted with racism. For some, that may seem hyperbolic,…

— Clint Smith

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.

— Thomas Sowell

[Race relations in 2015 are] almost as bad as they have ever been in the history of the country.

— Donald Trump

“What do we call someone who talks about winning the race after leaving you amputated for life!”

— SFathima

I think we shall have ceased to be a racially divided society only when we stop making a fuss about colour.

— Peter Hitchens

One thing that I've struggled with has been a certain amount of animosity toward the whole human race.

— James Mercer

I was raised in Holland, where race and homosexuality are not a subject matter but rather a part of life.

— Yolanda Hadid

I think it's important to condemn that. There's a line, and if you have a racial - racist comment, no, somebody has…

— Edgar Davids

I don't think people in America understand race, and how deep the hooks of whiteness there are in our consciousness.

— Eddie Huang

Hard to guess what people see in each other, fortunately for the continued existence of the human race.

— Del Shannon

Racism, even in geography, cannot be tolerated in a country that strives for liberty and justice for all.

— Al N. Green

Under adrenalin, at the end of the race, we can say things that we really don't think.

— Romain Grosjean

Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!

— Anthony Marais

Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.

— Langston Hughes