Racism Quotes · Page 109

I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.

— Lynn Swann

All that separates, whether of race, class, creed, or sex, is inhuman, and must be overcome.

— Kate Sheppard

Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.

— Walter Lang

I have a lot of respect for Martin Luther King. I think he was one of the greatest orators that the country…

— Fred Hampton

Regardless of who I am, racism against anyone, anywhere should be appalling to everyone, everywhere.

— Cary Kennedy

Why is it when we see a white guy, we automatically think, 'Let's turn this dude into a star?'

— Lexi Alexander

If you were born white, you automatically have a monstrous advantage educationally, economically, culturally, and within the society.

— Gregg Popovich

You have to look beyond race because as a human being you have to experience the person from the inside first

— Henrik Larsson

It's important to me for the world to see black men in different capacities - capacities in which they're probably not used…

— Stephan James

Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in…

— Jurgen Moltmann

I'm a successful individual and maneuvering in a culture where there are some racists. I still find a way to get to…

— Tyron Woodley

“Because as Europe and the United States become more diverse, it creates an anxiety, a racial anxiety, that is reflected in declining…

— Anonymous

Death row was the only place where I never witnessed racism. We all went to bed with a death sentence on our…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

Gay and lesbian people, and the children they are raising, wrongfully face discrimination, and I want them to know that I'm on…

— Juan Pablo Galavis

For me personally, I have vitiligo, so my whole career, it's always been this very odd debate: 'Does she want to be…

— Winnie Harlow

I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones; and most of all I detest the segregation or separation of Language and…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Why don't we hear more about and from Asians when it comes to race in America? Are Asians the new Invisible Man…

— John Ridley

“The wounding legacy of segregation and growing up knowing adults who had worked for civil rights and equal opportunities for African Americans…

— Chelsea Clinton

I think a lot about race and the burdens of representation. There's an idea that because I'm writing a book set around…

— Ayana Mathis

I don’t believe it is possible to transcend race in this country. Race is a factor in this society. The legacy of…

— Barack Obama

“But race is not biology; race is sociology. Race is not genotype; race is phenotype. Race matters because of racism. And racism…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

the fear of fat works ... because it's being manipulated in us to enforce class divisions, racisms, womyn-hatred. And we give it…

— Elana Dykewomon

“In the midst of getting my understanding of racial categories shaken up, I started thinking, What if, instead of categorizing people by…

— Debby Irving

“The black middle class displays a torn ambivalence toward the situation of the black poor. They sympathetically recognize the harms of racism…

— Mary Pattillo

In this world we live in, racism is alive and well in all venues. We immediately categorize people, and that's just not…

— Leigh Anne Tuohy

“The racist regime thought classical music was for the white audience only. Stravinsky insisted on performing for the black audience.”

— BBC African journalist

Bigotry and demonisation of difference are usually the hallmark of immature and childish minds.

— Mehdi Hasan

“how much more control and opportunities would African-Americans have if ownership was part of the mix and not just participation?”

— Ash Cash

I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks is acceptable.

— Clarence Thomas

“Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.”

— DaShanne Stokes

I have all my life fought against prejudice, having been subjected to it myself.

— John Galliano

Rosa Parks was primed, she had the Civil Rights Movement behind her, she didn't just decide to sit on the bus, it…

— Aisha Hinds

My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind,

— Langston Hughes

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

— Muhammad Ali

“The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.”

— Lily Tomlin

The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher.

— Harry Wong

I regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it.

— Richard Wagner

Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it.

— George Orwell

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to…

— Cate Blanchett

“Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the…

— DaShanne Stokes