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> [When enough Americans realize how rotten are the fruits of our policy of 'benign neglect,' how costly our prejudice is both in dollars and in human misery, the demand for change will be made-not for the sake of minority people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/when-enough-americans-realize-how-rotten-are-the-fruits-of-our-policy/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

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## More by John Howard Griffin

> [He who is less than just is less than man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/he-who-is-less-than-just-is-less-than-man/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [“We led strange, hidden lives. We were advocating one thing: that this country rid itself of the racism that prevented some citizens from living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/we-led-strange-hidden-lives-we-were-advocating-one-thing-that-this/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [“I remained in my room more and more each day. The situation in Montgomery was so strange I decided to try passing back into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/i-remained-in-my-room-more-and-more-each-day-the-situation-in/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [The Negro. The South. These are the details. The real story is the universal one of men who destroy the souls of other men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/the-negro-the-south-these-are-the-details-the-real-story-is-the/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [“All human beings face the same fundamental problems of loving and of suffering, of striving toward human aspirations for themselves and their children, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/all-human-beings-face-the-same-fundamental-problems-of-loving-and-of/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [“I knew, and every black man there knew, that I, as a man now white once again, could say the things that needed saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/i-knew-and-every-black-man-there-knew-that-i-as-a-man-now-white-once/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [“The delusion lies in the fact that no matter how well we think we know the Other, we still judge from within the imprisoning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/the-delusion-lies-in-the-fact-that-no-matter-how-well-we-think-we/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [“Many otherwise decent men and women could find no other solution. They are willing to degrade themselves to their basest levels to prevent the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/many-otherwise-decent-men-and-women-could-find-no-other-solution-they/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [“We need a conversion of morals," the elderly man said. "Not just superficially, but profoundly. And in both races. We need a great saint-some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/we-need-a-conversion-of-morals-the-elderly-man-said-not-just/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [“Some wanted to know where they could find girls, wanted us to get Negro girls for them. We learned to spot these from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/some-wanted-to-know-where-they-could-find-girls-wanted-us-to-get/)

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> [“God is invoked … and He is invoked against the God of the spirit, of intelligence and love - excluding and hating this God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/god-is-invoked-and-he-is-invoked-against-the-god-of-the-spirit-of/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [ “...\[C\]ulture-learned behavior patterns so deeply engrained they produce unconscious involuntary reactions-is a prison.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/c-ulture-learned-behavior-patterns-so-deeply-engrained-they-produce/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [If we say, as we do, that no one in this country intends for racism to lead to genocide, the effects of racism are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/if-we-say-as-we-do-that-no-one-in-this-country-intends-for-racism-to/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

> [“Newspapers play up as sensational every attempt by a Negro to rape a white woman. Yet this white rape of Negro women is apparently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/newspapers-play-up-as-sensational-every-attempt-by-a-negro-to-rape-a/)

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> [“Phew!” His small blue eyes shone with repugnance, a look of such unreasoning contempt for my skin that it filled me with despair. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/phew-his-small-blue-eyes-shone-with-repugnance-a-look-of-such/)

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