Racism Quotes · Page 90

The Negro cannot win the respect of his oppressor by acquiescing; he merely increases the oppressor's arrogance and contempt.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It's real information, but it tells you next to nothing.

— Toni Morrison

We have to deal with the way that race influences our criminal justice system.

— Yance Ford

Black people are pledging their fealty to the state, and yet they aren't getting the same return. This is theft. It's systemized.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nobody should be treated any type of way because of their color, their race, their gender, their socioeconomic status. We're all human.

— Tyron Woodley

In all fields black consciousness seeks to talk to the black man in a language that is his own

— Steven Biko

Just having people saying no to racism on a commercial changes nothing.

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

Our [black people's] path is clear: We refuse to be inferior. We want to be exactly what Allah (God) has desired for…

— Louis Farrakhan

Here is something that the psychologists have so far neglected: the love of ugliness for its own sake, the lust to make…

— Anonymous

All my life I've been dealing with my race because of where I grew up [Detroit] and being in the rap game.…

— Eminem

In colleges throughout America, students are taught to have disdain for the white race. I know this sounds incredible, or at least…

— Dennis Prager

You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites…

— Medgar Evers

“Here we raise his children for him, cook for him, bring up his crops, butcher his hogs - even fight his wars…

— James Sallis

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by…

— Dale Carnegie

Recapitulation provided a convenient focus for the persuasive racism of white scientists; they looked to the activities of their own children for…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Personally (and I believe I can speak for my sisters on this), I am against any organization or individual who believes they…

— John Carter Cash

“We take off into the cosmos, ready for anything: for solitude, for hardship, for exhaustion, death. Modesty forbids us to say so,…

— Stanisław Lem

The assumption that we can keep societies open and free to everybody is going to have to stop. We are going to…

— James M. Buchanan

The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate…

— Henry Louis Gates

“It is the dream of every white person to be able to resolve all conflicts by complaining to unrelated parties. Because of…

— Christian Lander

“A black man, Benjamin Banneker, who taught himself mathematics and astronomy, predicted accurately a solar eclipse, and was appointed to plan the…

— Howard Zinn

“In recent decades we have emphasized the value of teaching people 'tolerance.' Tolerance is not only inadequate, it is a negative concept…

— Arun Gandhi

I live in a pretty liberal place, so it's a lot of hidden racism and things like that. If you really look…

— Vince Staples

The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time.

— Ashley Montagu

I concede that segregation can allay social tensions immediately, but it further debilitates us in the long run.

— Richard Benjamin

I know nothing about this subject, but I do have prejudices, which I am more than happy to share with you.

— Leon Botstein

I don't wanna believe that racism exists, but the more I wish it away, the more I realize it's in our system.

— will.i.am

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.

— Anonymous

We need to continue to fight against racism, inequality and bigotry!

— Anonymous

There are serious issues of inequality and injustice in this country... I stand with those opposing such bigotry.

— Stan Van Gundy

Race is an invention, not a noticeable genetic presence, and cultural traits are brute concoctions of the social sciences.

— Gerald Vizenor

We didn't have any segregation at the Cotton Club. No. The Cotton Club was wide open, it was free.

— Cab Calloway

The reason we life black people isn't because they're black. We like them because they're not as grey as we are.

— John Cage

Without an understanding of the issue of race and a willingness to confront it head on, the working class will not build…

— Michael Yates

We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

— Sargent Shriver

The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.

— J. Philippe Rushton

“America’s ladder of races, Jewish is white but also some rungs below white. A bit confusing,”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Negro's so-called 'revolt' is merely an asking to be accepted into the existing system!

— Malcolm X

I think racism is a terrible thing. I think we should all learn to hate each other on a individual basis.

— Cathy Ladman