Racism Quotes · Page 72

Dr. King was one of the most inspiring human beings I ever met. He was such a warm, compassionate, and loving human…

— John Lewis

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.

— Anonymous

The depiction of Black history in British schools and on TV has mainly been trauma and struggle-based.

— Judi Love

You accuse me of black marketing, but which of you has not slept with me?

— Dhirubhai Ambani

Comedians and people in general have a cultural right to talk about their own culture and race.

— Margaret Cho

The race we are really in is the race against sin, and surely envy is one of the most universal of those.

— Jeffrey R. Holland

We have a strict radio protocol and structure how our decisions are made. This is how we've won so many races.

— Toto Wolff

Life is only limited by our prejudices. Destroy them, and you cease to be at the mercy of yourself.

— Mina Loy

I hope that my new status will be an example of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, I believe that the destinies of the Israeli people…

— Daniel Barenboim

Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.

— Christopher Lasch

Race is a subject about which there are points of agreement, and about which there is no agreement; a subject that is…

— Jonathan Coleman

We call upon all communities to be tolerant, to reject prejudice based on caste, creed, sect, colour, religion or agenda to ensure…

— Malala Yousafzai

Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a…

— Maya Angelou

Regardless of your religious belief, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, there is no place in our communities for hate.

— Jacky Rosen

We don’t come out of the womb filled with prejudice, racism, and homophobia. Kids are taught to hate, so we have to…

— Kerry Washington

“Dog whistling comes out of the South and its preoccupation with blacks, but it always involved equal opportunity racism, and never more…

— Ian Haney López

If a Republican came along and suggested free abortions for people on Medicaid, the first person to stand up would be Jesse…

— Rush Limbaugh

Identity is becoming more dependent on what people are willing subscribe to and less dependent on objective criteria such as skin colour…

— Stuart Hall

As I got older, then my particular ambitions started cohering around creating a world in which people of different races or backgrounds…

— Barack Obama

I think some people feel that if you question the reality of race, you're questioning racism; you're saying racism isn't real. Racism…

— Rachel Dolezal

“The notion that we should promote “happy” or “humane” exploitation as “baby steps” ignores that welfare reforms do not result in providing…

— GaryLFrancione

What I know now is that I used to not just tolerate but submit to and even on some deep level need…

— Thomas Chatterton Williams

I have spent over half my life teaching love and brotherhood, and I feel that it is better to continue to try…

— Rosa Parks

“I asked another friend what it's like being the mother of a black son. "The condition of black life is one of…

— Claudia Rankine

Never try or beg for support from others.. Stand alone & face d life as a race.. Then everyone will follow u...:)

— Ritu

How can a dream live if we kill it, right? How many Martin Luther King Jr.s, and Malcom Xs, or Barack Obamas…

— Angela Stanton-King

We keep racism alive. We pass it on to our children. I think that is very sad.

— Ruby Bridges

Banning hate speech doesn't end racism or antisemitism. Social pressure does that. It becomes socially unacceptable.

— Mona Eltahawy

The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other - it's going to kill us as a race of…

— Chaka Khan

Western interests: imperialism, colonialism, exploitation, racism, and other negative -isms.

— Malcolm X

“Maybe at birth everyone should be given to a family of a different race to be raised. Maybe that would solve racism…

— Celeste Ng

“Because the space race is over And I can't help but feel that we've all grown up too soon. - The Space…

— Billy Bragg

There is no longer a single common impediment to blacks emerging in this society.

— Constance Baker Motley

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.

— Neil Peart

As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.

— James Weldon Johnson

I went to Washington to challenge the soft bigotry of low expectations

— Jonathan Kozol

I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period.

— Mel Gibson

I've certainly encountered prejudice. An awful lot of people do get upset if they 'clock' that I'm trans.

— Rebecca Root

Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

— Denis Leary

Racial hysteria has been a part of many winning campaigns in our country. But it's rarely the only part.

— Jamelle Bouie