Racism Quotes · Page 125

“White fear emanates from knowing that white privilege exists and the anxiety that it might end.”

— Chris Hayes

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.

— Jonathan Swift

I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.

— Stephen Colbert

Racism is a system of power and in the absence of power you cannot be considered a racist.

— Sister Souljah

I never commit hate crimes because I'm against discrimination and assaulting random strangers is much more fun.

— Nikhil Saluja

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.

— Sargent Shriver

Speaking as a mixed-race woman, there aren't many historical stories about people like me.

— Gugu Mbatha-Raw

My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would…

— Barack Obama

President Obama and Hillary Clinton, every time you disagree with them it doesn't matter which subject it is, you're a bigot or…

— Jan Brewer

I think we should not accept and tolerate racism anywhere, in any game, whether it's a friendly game or a World Cup…

— Kevin-Prince Boateng

Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got…

— Octavia Spencer

The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done…

— Bobby Seale

It's much easier to talk about racism when you're able to use mutants as a metaphor. People would much rather talk about…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The Negro people of America... have cut our forests, tilled our fields, built our railroads, fought our battles, and in all of…

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

I really just prefer to be exactly who I am, and black is really the closest race and cultural category that represents…

— Rachel Dolezal

We are not race blind. Of course we still have racial tensions in this country. But the United States of America has…

— Condoleezza Rice

This president (Barack Obama) I think has exposed himself over and over and over again as a guy who has a deep-seated…

— Glenn Beck

Race is a huge factor when it comes to income and social inequality, and it plays a role in the structural barriers…

— Lauren Greenfield

BMX riding breaks down racial perceptions. Coming from New York City and being a BMX rider, that isn't something that's too common.…

— Nigel Sylvester

“San Franciscans would have sworn on the Golden Gate Bridge that racism was missing from the heart of their air-conditioned city. But…

— Maya Angelou

Those in the community who defy authority and 'break the law' seem to enjoy the good life and have everything in the…

— Huey Newton

Being a Negro in America means trying to smile when you want to cry. It means trying to hold on to physical…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“There could be something wrong with me because I see Negroes neither better nor worse than any other race. Race pride is…

— Zora Neale Hurston

The cornerstones of this country's operation are economic and political strength and power. The black man doesn't have the economic strength -…

— Malcolm X

We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.

— Lindsey Graham

The first race of mankind used to dispute, as our ordinary people do now-a-days, in a kind of wild logic, uncultivated by…

— Joseph Addison

Yeah, race exists. Racism is still here, and it's doing well. Turn on the news. I don't think me and my comedy…

— Tracy Morgan

“There were no passing cars to call out to. You couldn’t call for help from a police car, anyway; he didn’t think…

— Dorothy B. Hughes

We want to believe racism is an artifact of the past, and if you have a political massacre, that contradicts that.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I am struck by how, walking down the street, I'm rarely made aware of my race, but that among journalists, race is…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

— Malcolm X

When someone says his conclusions are objective, he means that they are based on prejudices which many other people share.

— Celia Green

Voter fraud does just barely exist, while racism, according to the Supreme Court, is a thing of the past.

— Aasif Mandvi

Love transcends international boundaries. It heals the wounds of racial hatred, prejudice, bigotry and ignorance.

— Michael Jackson

Critical race theory is racist. It does nothing to bring us together.

— Marjorie Taylor Greene

I have no prejudice against the gays, but I wouldn't train with someone who's gay.

— Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Within the gendered institution of prostitution, race and class create a hierarchy with indigenous women at its lowest point.

— Melissa Farley

Staring prejudice in the face imposes a cruel discipline: to structure your anger, to achieve a certain dignity, an angry dignity.

— Ellen Ullman

If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.

— Anthony Mackie

Music is my profession but learning more about racism on all sides of the tracks was my obsession.

— Daryl Davis