Racism Quotes · Page 141

I'm so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white.

— Thomas Sowell

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“In a world run by the indigenous, no ethnicity is the second race.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective.

— J. Philippe Rushton

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

— Mike Jackson

The reality is we have allowed systemic racism to continue through all these years.

— Sara Gideon

The most persistent of all attractive illusions in our country may be that racism can be ended by one single blow.

— McGeorge Bundy

“It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the Moon as to put a bone in your nose.”

— William A. Henry III

Martin Luther King was talking about racism, war and poverty. I think we have made progress enormous progress in racism and war,…

— Andrew Young

I'm a multi-racial person - I'm black and white - and growing up in North Carolina, I've dealt with a lot of…

— Jimmy Graham

“A world where you cannot even speak to another person without worrying about what they are going to think of you, has…

— Abhijit Naskar

What people think is their individual nature is just a bundle of thoughts, emotions, ideas, opinions, and prejudices. The world can do…

— Jaggi Vasudev

Recapitulation provided a convenient focus for the persuasive racism of white scientists; they looked to the activities of their own children for…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Racist policies forcing free Blacks into menial jobs were being defended by racist claims that lazy and unskilled Black people were best…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“Here we raise his children for him, cook for him, bring up his crops, butcher his hogs - even fight his wars…

— James Sallis

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by…

— Dale Carnegie

“The language of caste may well seem foreign or unfamiliar to some. Public discussions about racial caste in America are relatively rare.…

— Michelle Alexander

Outrun the people who quit when they feel discomfort, outrun the people who stop because of despair, outrun the people who are…

— Muhammad Ali

Not only did we survive AIDS, Reaganomics, poverty, racism, gang violence, police brutality, substance abuse - not only did we survive that,…

— Sofia Quintero

“In the past, we used to discriminate on the basis of skin color and gender (and still do at times), but now…

— Scott Klusendorf

I have spoken all over the world and I have great respect for Muslims, I have great respect for the African people,…

— David Duke

“The white delusion of racial superiority insulates itself against refutation. Correspondingly, on the positive epistemic side, the route to black knowledge is…

— Charles W. Mills

“In March 1955, Powell called for a boycott of Harlem savings banks that "practice 'Jim Crow-ism' and 'economic lynching.'" He urged Abyssinian…

— Manning Marable

“So what are you supposed to do? My friends, what I need you to do—just for starters—is not act. Not yet. Not…

— Michael Eric Dyson

I haven't experienced a lot of prejudice in my life, but I'm not naive to what goes on in the world.

— Malachi Kirby

The problem [ of the twenty-two million Afro-Americans] is so broad that it's going to take the inner working of all organizations.

— Malcolm X

Our prejudices, our antipathies, are our natural defenses against what we could not assimilate.

— Natalie Clifford Barney

Fascists, Antifa attacked me, and an all-black police force in Philadelphia, and they claim to be fighting racism.

— Candace Owens

He comes back with the script, and it's racist like a 1940's Newspaper.

— Katt Williams

“Racism doesn't know color, death doesn't know age, and pain doesn't know might.”

— Jacqueline Woodson

Imagine Martin Luther King saying, 'I have a dream ... But I don't know if the others will buy it.'

— Benjamin Zander

A lot of people said I tried to speak white on the phone. That is farthest thing from the truth and offensive.

— Ron Stallworth

Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power.

— Ruth Benedict

I happen to be colorblind. Racism is not my motto. One day, I strongly expect every color to love as one family.

— Michael Jackson

In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

The saddest fact I've learned is nobody matters less to our society than young black women. Nobody.

— Jim DeRogatis

Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost.

— Roger Dawson

We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other…

— Robert Mugabe

The history of the human race is the history of ordinary people who have overcome their fears and accomplished extraordinary things.

— Brian Tracy

Just passing laws saying you are not allowed to be racist won't work. You need an educational system in place.

— John Barnes