Racism Quotes · Page 99

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

— Maya Angelou

Discrimination was a problem before terrorism. Now, the bad deeds of a few people have made life worse for millions.

— Pamela Druckerman

True bigotry is when you can't see the facts because your own beliefs are blocking the way.

— Lawrence D Elliott

“You know how white people do, they just encourage and cheer anybody who lets it all hang out and just don't give…

— Tiffany Haddish

If you want to win anything - a race, yourself, your life - you have to go a little berserk.

— George A. Sheehan

Antiblack racism is not only happening in the United States. It's actually happening all across the globe.

— Opal Tometi

The world and man are identical. This is why racism is the most stupid thing in the world.

— Paul Virilio

Making space to deal with the psychological toll of racism is absolutely necessary.

— Jenna Wortham

You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,'…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Although both my grandfathers encountered ethnic prejudice, they viewed this as an aberration-a failure of some Americans to live up to the…

— Robert P. George

It is not that we have class prejudice, but only that we find comfort and ease in our own class. And normally…

— Anonymous

Hatred, bigotry, and discrimination have no place in our country. We must work hard to make sure that America remains an inclusive…

— Jan Schakowsky

Racism is not only in football, it's in cricket too. Even within teams as a black man, I get the end of…

— Chris Gayle

Minister Farrakhan absolutely says anti-Semitic, misogynistic and homophobic remarks. And we have unequivocally rejected all forms of racism and hate, including anti-Semitism,…

— Linda Sarsour

It is ridiculous to think we can erase racism in South Africa, but through theater there can be a genuine attempt to…

— John Kani

'Get Out' takes on the task of exploring race in America, something that hasn't really been done within the genre since 'Night…

— Jordan Peele

And what is the Republican solution to these outrageous [racial] inequalities? There isn't one. And that's the point. Denying racism is the…

— Bill Maher

There should be a class on drugs. There should be a class on sex education-a real sex education class-not just pictures and…

— Tupac Shakur

I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches,…

— Frank Deford

White communities - and I exempt poor white communities from this - have power over their representation. White people have the ability…

— Yance Ford

I don't think the job of the antiracist is to convert the far-out heathen racist, or give them their 'come to Jesus'…

— Tim Wise

The way racism works in Canada, it's very subtle. You may feel you're a victim of racism or have experienced racism, but…

— George Elliott Clarke

In terms of activism, the Trump-era transformation of news into entertainment has had a deep effect on the way that collegiate politics…

— Vanessa Grigoriadis

The horror of class stratification, racism, and prejudice is that some people begin to believe that the security of their families and…

— Dorothy Allison

As a woman people judge you on your looks regardless of the fact you're just there to race.

— Susie Wolff

There are a plethora of ways of being black, just like there's many ways to being white.

— Justin Simien

Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favourite child.

— Don King

Black people have been fighting for basic citizenship rights since the inception of the country.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Christmas is a race to see which gives out first - your money or your feet.

— Anonymous

Do you know how big of an insult that is to me - to say that I had to be brave to…

— James Meredith

The most effective adaptation of racism over time is the idea that racism is conscious bias held by mean people.

— Robin DiAngelo

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

— Baron de Montesquieu

I have lived with a lot of racism in Spain. Unfortunately, I have had to learn to deal with it.

— Dani Alves

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.

— Anonymous

Black lives matter. White lives matter. Asian lives matter. Hispanic lives matter. That's anti-American and it's racist.

— Rudy Giuliani

The Marines don't have any race problems. They treat everybody like they're black.

— Daniel James, Jr

One of the most subtle but aggressive ways racism exists is through our education system.

— Jaylen Brown

“The pianokeys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind”

— Maria Cristina Mena

Painting is situational. And my particular situation exists within gender, race, class, sexuality, nation.

— Kehinde Wiley

While progress has been made, there is still more work to do to root out systemic racism and inequity.

— Ben Ray Lujan