Racism Quotes · Page 103

Segregation is evil; there is no pattern of life which can dehumanize men as can the way of segregation.

— Lillian Smith

I too am a member of the human race, (but admittedly not a very active member).

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Many studies have discovered a close link between prejudice and "patriotism" . . . Extreme bigots are almost always super-patriots.

— Gordon Allport

The reason I have been so outspoken on antisemitism is that racism is racism - and my family have been victims of…

— Chuka Umunna

All white people talk about when they get high is other times that they got high.

— Dave Chappelle

Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.

— Nicolas Malebranche

My dad's white, my mom's black, and I've struggled with being mixed race.

— Rhiannon Giddens

“It's illegal to deny people their records due to race or gender. Adoptees deserve the same rights and protections.”

— DaShanne Stokes

The civility of the world has reached that pitch that their more moral genius is becoming indispensable, and the quality of this…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

[The media's] fantasy of an America bristling with racists allows them to portray any criticism of our massively incompetent and dangerous president…

— Ann Coulter

The problem is that America is still so racist - I guess it's hard to find another word for it ­ -…

— Gloria Steinem

“Paranoia is transmissible from mind to mind, but it does not go by the route of reason. It can therefore change its…

— William Nicholls

I have been in the entertainment business some forty-three years, and I have never said anything detrimental or anything that might be…

— W. C. Fields

Bigotry doesn't care about state or regional lines. It's all over the place. But fortunately there are also really excellent human beings…

— Adrian Matejka

“Sexism is a combination of prejudice against persons based on their gender, combined with the privilege and power required to cause harm.”

— Bailey Poland

Evil is the shadow of angel. Just as there are angels of light, support, guidance, healing and defense, so we have experiences…

— Matthew Fox

There is power in naming racism for what it is, in shining a bright light on it, brighter than any torch or…

— Jesmyn Ward

If one thinks about racism by examining only one wire of the cage, or one form of disadvantage, it is difficult to…

— Iris Marion Young

Much of what I do now stems from my rage at segregation and discrimination. I can't stand to see children not able…

— Marian Wright Edelman

Whether we're talking about what the role of the government is, what you think of the United Nations, political leaders or how…

— Michael C Dawson

The core of racism is the notion that the individual is meaningless and that membership in the collective - the race -…

— Peter Schwartz

The first thing we should be concerned about the BLM movement should be the issues that the Black Lives Matter movement is…

— Cory Booker

Black people in America have come from slavery to other forms of being oppressed and there are some things that come with…

— Common

“Another group with a vital role to play in the present crisis is the white Northern liberals. The racial issue that we…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“Discrimination hinders people from finding community, and it robs the Church of the tremendous gifts that diversity brings.”

— John Pavlovitz

We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race,…

— Dan Aykroyd

One cannot be against racism, one cannot be against sexism, unless one is against capitalism.

— Anonymous

“These southern workers were more interested in protecting their prejudices than their interests.”

— Fred Erwin Beal

Ignorance and its hand-maidens, prejudice, intolerance, suspicion of our fellowman, breed dictators and breed wars.

— Harry S. Truman

“You must dismantle your sources, Toc the Younger, lest you do nothing but ape the prejudices of others.”

— Steven Erikson

If I have to jump six feet to get the same thing that you have to jump two feet for - that's…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I'm not black, but there's a whole lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white.

— Frank Zappa

The yellow Indians do have a meagre talent. The Negroes are far below them, and at the lowest point are a part…

— Immanuel Kant

“Privilege is presuming to speak for others you know nothing about.”

— DaShanne Stokes

[On the ERA Equality March:] It's the funniest thing. I don't feel there's any discrimination. I know my husband feels that way.

— Pat Nixon

We should self-examine and talk about things like our own white privilege and these phony senses of being an artist.

— Geoff Rickly

These days I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist.

— Jane Russell

“I know some first-class Negroes. I also know some second-rate white people.”

— Lesley Kagen

We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.

— Sydney J. Harris

There's only one race - it's human. We are all brothers and sisters.

— Jack Kemp