Racism Quotes · Page 95

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

— Stephen Ambrose

Racial prejudices are indication of a disturbed and potentially unstable society.

— Kenneth Clark

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

— Thurgood Marshall

There are all kinds of ways in which especially white men in this country have been helped by the government.

— Rebecca Traister

The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted.

— Timothy Noah

Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.

— Steven Biko

The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.

— Derrick Bell

Prejudice is a disease. So is fashion. But I will not wear prejudice

— Lady Gaga

In sports, a team is surrounded with people with different backgrounds, with different races, and with different religions. In order to win,…

— Rob Gronkowski

Black America knows what real progress looks like, that's why a Black family dancing to Tag Team in the kitchen sells a…

— Jason Johnson

African-Americans are as fair as any other group, but they bring their life experiences to bear as just as whites bring their…

— Alan Dershowitz

Well, the white race in America is the same way. As individuals it is impossible for them to escape the collective crime…

— Malcolm X

JACL has always been at the very forefront of making sure citizens' civil rights remain intact. They fight wholeheartedly against discrimination, prejudice…

— Tamlyn Tomita

You know, one of the ways we adapted to not being free was to think that our group identity was again, the…

— Shelby Steele

You can be addicted to White Supremacy and all of the benefits, you can be addicted to male privilege and all of…

— Nate Parker

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through…

— Lisa Bonet

Martin Luther King's 1963 'I have a dream' speech was a thrilling milestone in the civil rights movement, so enduring that we…

— Patricia J. Williams

“Consumptive patients, with lungs incompetent to perform the duties of lungs, people with defective hearts that break down under excitement of the…

— Herbert Spencer

Race is the true protagonist of the American novel. Our most popular classic fictions have known this, from 'Moby Dick' to 'Beloved;'…

— Kevin Young

As a woman of color, I've come to rely on straight white men telling me my experience of the world has nothing…

— Sarah Cooper

I think back to when I was growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1950s, during the [John] McCarthy era, with…

— Frances Moore Lappé

That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and as a culture, but, say,…

— Kobe Bryant

Affirmative action is the most important modern anti-discrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has…

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

“The poor and people of color are yoked to the abject; white people use its exploration as a path toward self-liberation. It’s…

— Anne Helen Petersen

I grew up in New York City, a town with different races, religions, and peoples. It breeds tolerance.

— Donald Trump

Martin Luther King Jr. was a great teacher and just a great person in general.

— Akeem Ayers

I got the genetics of - not to get into racism or anything - but I'm built like a black man.

— Brock Lesnar

Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.

— Ruby Bridges

Build an "inclusive narrative" that goes beyond race, class, religion, etc., so that all may participate in the "the great debates".

— Neil Postman

What I don't like to see is when models of different races come in and out of fashion.

— Tyra Banks

If women were as fastidious as men, morally or physically, there would be an end of the race.

— George Bernard Shaw

We need to recognize that racism has never been subtle, though it has gone underreported.

— Ilhan Omar

Black people, take a cue from the Jews. When people discriminate against you, don't get mad...Get smart, get rich, and then get…

— Anonymous

Bigotry is surely an exportable American commodity, especially when it comes to race.

— Michael Eric Dyson

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— Adam Brown

I have no record of racism or antisemitism, there is no evidence to support it, not even a shred of evidence.

— Nicolas Anelka

Every citizen, regardless of his race, creed, or color, is entitled to equal justice.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Racism is a belief in the inherent superiority of one race over another.

— Neal Boortz

Unfortunately, when I became FM the slew of racism and hatred, including Islamophobia increased exponentially.

— Humza Yousaf

The conversation about race is inevitable. It's one that people know that we have to have and continue to have.

— Jordan Peele