Racism Quotes · Page 123

I think us, especially as black people, we don't necessarily talk about our feelings enough or talk to someone about our feelings.

— Big K.R.I.T

It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.

— Marian Wright Edelman

There's still an immense amount of discrimination that happens against trans people.

— Alaska

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice

— Mark Twain

'Sizwa Banzi' is the life of the black man. We look at it, laugh at it, re-examine it, but we do not…

— John Kani

But I've never met a racist yet who thinks he's a racist. That's always the disturbing thing about when we begin to…

— Norman Jewison

Boy, we looking for trouble. Maybe if we wasnt black then we wouldnt have struggled.

— Cyhi Da Prynce

Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.

— Gordon Allport

The Monster Ball is by nature a protest: A youth church experience to speak out and celebrate against all forms of discrimination…

— Lady Gaga

The infamy of n - - is - it's a word that has been used to terrorize people, to put people down.…

— Randall Kennedy

In my humble opinion, preserving racial purity isn't a worthwhile goal. You should be able to date whomever, whenever, wherever without the…

— Candace Kita

Every day of my life I have been in situations, not just in Mexico, in the US too, in which I identified…

— Bocafloja

There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just…

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to…

— Rajneesh

#MeToo shows this bias is systemic, that people get away with violence against women, get away with discrimination - whether in work…

— Sharan Burrow

Finally I got to the point where I said, I'd like to start a project where we can actually talk about race…

— Bryan Stevenson

Integration is the biggest con job ever pulled on any group of people, any nationality in the world. It was a plot…

— James Meredith

Until now we’ve discriminated against each other according to race, religion, age, gender and just about every other differentiation imaginable. Look around…

— David Moody

“the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world,—a world which…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

When someone makes a racist remark, that doesn't make him a racist, but you have to say, 'This the line. You've crossed…

— Edgar Davids

“Let a prejudice be bequeathed, carried in the air, adopted by hearsay, caught in through the eye,–however it may come, these minds…

— George Eliot

White supremacist ideology is based first and foremost on the degradation of black bodies in order to control them. One of the…

— Cornel West

You cannot be responsible for Jim Crow. You can not be responsible for racism. This is much more a problem for the…

— Raoul Peck

When the white race broke out of Europe 500 years ago, it did many astounding things all over the globe. Inspired by…

— Gore Vidal

One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions.

— Jonathan Capehart

The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.

— Jim Costa

I think for folks of color the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one…

— Tim Wise

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

— Rudy Giuliani

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

— Anonymous

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

— Dani Alves

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

— Baron de Montesquieu

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

— Daniel James, Jr

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

— Maria Cristina Mena

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

— Jaylen Brown

Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other…

— Randall Kennedy

Prejudice is an assortment of deceptively small personal judgments - deceptive because of their great cost in our daily lives.

— Jean Stapleton

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

— Ben Ray Lujan

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

— Kehinde Wiley

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of…

— Michael Jackson

“Vaccinated with love, boosted with reason, mind becomes a powerhouse, putting an end to all discrimination.”

— Abhijit Naskar