Racism Quotes · Page 101

We believe as much in the purity of races as we think they (the Whites) do...by advocating the purity of all races.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Mr. Luther King had a dream. Dreams are where Elmo and Toy Story had a party, and I went there. Yay, my…

— Ralph Wiggum

There is a system of racial and social control in communities of color across America.

— Michelle Alexander

Racism is a cancer. You cannot ignore it and it'll go away. If you ignore cancer, it simply metastasizes and consumes the…

— Daryl Davis

When justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her.

— Ann Radcliffe

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

— Toni Morrison

I believe we need to lay race theories to rest: Democracy - and identity - is difficult enough without 'scientific' obfuscation.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.

— Charles Bradlaugh

You know, if it's a three-way race, the public has more choice than if it's a two-way race, and has more choice…

— Michael Bloomberg

When observers look back 50 years from now, the arguments supporting Florida's ban on same-sex marriage, though just as sincerely held, will…

— Robert Lewis Hinkle

“How many races have been dehumanized in the name of evolution and scientific race theories? Is a bomb a religious or a…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

I feel like people start hating on me and I don't know what it is - maybe because of my race or…

— Nav

Our vulnerability is that both blacks and whites can use our impossible racial authenticity against us. Both races can throw up our…

— Shelby Steele

I hated going to school, and I think a huge part of that was because of the racism that I experienced growing…

— Madeleine Madden

The Black Lives Matter movement, the various Occupy movements in Spain and the rest of Europe, in this country, and elsewhere serve…

— Viggo Mortensen

My work has never been about me, and I've never made a big deal about my race. I've actually tried hard to…

— Shaun King

Today, I don't think anyone would think that a mixed-race couple looks odd; I think it's considered perfectly normal. In a very…

— Sajid Javid

I don't feel that I've been hampered by [ racism or discrimination], and the reason why is that we reach out to…

— Keith Ellison

Normally we divide the external world into that which we consider to be good or valuable, bad or worthless, or neither. Most…

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

The evidence of our divided racial self was all over the Obama presidency from the beginning: from the shouts of 'you lie'…

— Joy Reid

“One realises, with horror, that the race of men is almost extinct in Europe. Only Christ-like heroes and woman-worshipping Don Juans, and…

— D.H. Lawrence

“The process occurs in two stages. The first step is to grant law enforcement officials extraordinary discretion regarding whom to stop, search,…

— Michelle Alexander

“The southern whites would rather have had Negroes who stole, work for them than Negroes who knew, however dimly, the worth of…

— Richard Wright

Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority…

— Richard Rohr

I think I felt pretty alienated, being bigger, being mixed race, being of lower socioeconomic standing.

— Paloma Elsesser

The issue of race is not an issue of choice. It's an issue of birth.

— Tony Evans

“I bet they love those games on Friday night more than they do segregation.”

— Pat Conroy

Minimum-wage laws are one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of racists.

— Walter E. Williams

My belief system is that you laugh at racism, and that's how it goes away.

— Sung Kang

If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.

— Jesse Jackson

Don't judge my character or assume anything about me. If you don't want to shake my hand and get to know me.

— Sabs Kridrec

It's a pity that racist issues come out. There are ways of criticising without getting into that.

— Joao Felix

I like groaning. That means that you're not pandering to their already settled prejudices.

— Bill Maher

Donald Trump's legacy is not simply speckled with incidents of racism; it itself is racist.

— Karine Jean-Pierre

Racial discrimination against a white is as unconstitutional as race discrimination against a black.

— William O. Douglas

“Race, john powell says, is like gravity, experienced by all, understood by few.”

— Krista Tippett

Thus, races arose from an original coding which God pulled out as needed for adaptation to the environment.

— Walter Lang

You don't smear somebody as a racist when there is obviously nothing there.

— Bernard Goldberg

A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it.

— Gordon W. Allport

The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing…

— Sonia Sanchez