Racial Quotes

Racial profiling is illegal, and I do not support it.

— Brian Sandoval

Trumpism' is a politics of racial demagoguery.

— Jamelle Bouie

Racial equality still a dream in the U.S.

— Anonymous

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

— Pierre de Coubertin

America is decidedly not 'post-racial.'

— Uzodinma Iweala

Racial inequality is a big problem.

— Hillary Clinton

I used to sleep on floors and face racial abuse.

— The Great Khali

At the foot of the cross, there are no racial barriers.

— Billy Graham

The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.

— Terrence Howard

I loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up.

— Clint Eastwood

A people that does not protect its racial purity will perish!

— Julius Streicher

Schools should be diverse if we are to get past racial differences.

— Ruby Bridges

I think if you are a player that has faces racial abuse you should come out and say it.

— Reece James

“To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things.”

— Suzy Kassem

That so called "original sin" does not know any racial discrimination.

— Desmond Tutu

The Constitution favors no racial group - no political or social group.

— William O. Douglas

As a criminal you have scarcely more rights, and arguably less respect, than a black man living in Alabama at the height…

— Michelle Alexander

As a general rule, no one should ever be allowed to say there is no history of racial tension here, because that…

— John Oliver

A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back,…

— Wentworth Miller

I am truly multi-racial. I never knew my biological father. I've always had less information than I would have liked to have…

— Vin Diesel

I do not like the Confederate flag. It excludes me, profoundly. And if many good people fought honorably to defend it, I…

— Shelby Steele

Racial identity is simply forbidden to whites in America and across the entire Western world. Black children today are hammered with the…

— Shelby Steele

“It's fairly easy to hate a racial or ethnic group in the abstract, but it's a different story when you start dealing…

— Herman E. Talmadge

The default of our society is the reproduction of racial inequality. I mean, that's what it does; that's what it's been doing…

— Robin DiAngelo

The idea of racial inferiority or superiority is foreign to me. I can't feel inferior or superior to another man because of…

— Charles Lindbergh

There is a political and racial context behind everything that I do. Not always because I design it that way, or because…

— Kehinde Wiley

Please stop using the word "Negro."... We are the only human beings in the world with fifty-seven variety of complexions who are…

— Mary Church Terrell

In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the…

— Barack Obama

I think there's a lot of shame in American race relations. There's a lot of suppressed guilt that lashes itself out still.…

— Danny Strong

I don't think we should stop emphasizing race because I think, you know, race is still very, very important, and we have…

— William Julius Wilson

Keep pushing people into their racial affinity groups, keep telling us to identify with our race and you know what will happen?…

— Will Cain

A social problem is one that concerns the way in which people live together in one society. A racial problem is a…

— Pauline Hanson

“When you were talking about the caste system, I was thinking about how Mexicans still have to come to terms with this…

— Amalia Mesa-Bains

Race is the great taboo in our society. We are afraid to talk about it. White folks fear their unspoken views will…

— Eva Paterson

BMX riding breaks down racial perceptions. Coming from New York City and being a BMX rider, that isn't something that's too common.…

— Nigel Sylvester

Growing up as a black kid with a white father who loves you, who affirms you, who was part of your life…

— Benjamin Jealous

I am aware of the changes, but in no sense am I believer that we live in a post-racial society. That's a…

— Russell Banks

The strange thing about my life is that I came to America at about the time when racial attitudes were changing. This…

— Jamaica Kincaid

“The truth is, there is good and bad in everybody, in every nation, in every race, and in every religion. To hear…

— Suzy Kassem

... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.

— Shirley Chisholm