Racism Quotes · Page 149

I might say this, that the problem of the, the solution for the Afro-American is two-fold - long-range and short-range.

— Malcolm X

When you say I want to talk about racial justice, that's not the same as saying I want to do something about…

— Marco Rubio

The effect of reparations would be among the most devastating the country and the black community have ever experienced.

— Jesse Lee Peterson

The oppression of women knows no ethnic nor racial boundaries, true, but that does not mean it is identical within those boundaries.

— Audre Lorde

I think that we need to make sure that we have frank conversations about race and color and discrimination within this country.

— Daniel Cameron

I believe that when it comes to major foreign policy issues, many prefer to have black people seen and not heard.

— Cynthia McKinney

“Look at the sky and count the stars, look down and realize we are all from the same universe and stop discrimination”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“blatant, intentional discrimination against women is far from being something merely to be read about in history books.”

— Cordelia Fine

The people of this country who want their laws enforced and respected, and respected by all, and who want their border secured,…

— Donald Trump

Police departments are under enormous political pressure to hire based on race, despite existing efforts to recruit minorities, on the theory that…

— Heather Mac Donald

I think people from Northern Ireland have some kind of unspoken general feeling of what it is to be around segregation. You…

— Jamie Dornan

The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal…

— Aristotle

White privilege is the unquestioned and unearned set of advantages, entitlements benefits and choices bestowed on people solely because they are white.…

— Peggy McIntosh

When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of…

— Samuel Alito

“When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion,…

— Anonymous

My family, friends and community members rarely spoke about race relations, or how people from different races have different experiences growing up…

— Joe Thomas

“the so-called radical Negroes who have read and misunderstood Karl Marx and his disciples and would solve the political as well as…

— Carter G. Woodson

We've seen hate groups rise across the country. But we've also seen an increase in the average person, who looks like your…

— Christian Picciolini

“In the beginning—and neither can this be overstated—a Negro just cannot believe that white people are treating him as they do; he…

— James Baldwin

“Singapore was vulnerable to the kind of ethnic pulls evident in the 1960s. The problem with this strong regulatory emphasis, however, is…

— Anonymous

At a young age, I became very aware that not only did my family have to struggle but that families around the…

— Bernie Sanders

“This promise - that you will get more because they exist to get less - is woven throughout our entire society. Our…

— Ijeoma Oluo

“A Jew ain't only a religion, and it ain't a race. It isn't an ethnicity, and you aren't disqualified if you're good…

— Alex Kudera

“The whiteness celebrated in Paris is Burning is not just any old brand of whiteness but rather that brutal imperial ruling-class capitalist…

— Bell Hooks

Labor has a proud history of tackling discrimination and introducing important social reform.

— Lara Giddings

“Our love for our country is worth nothing if it deprives us of our sense of humanity, if it destroys positive consensus.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

We know what racist people look like. They don't deny it. They just don't!

— Penn Jillette

I think people are people. If you want something, go get it. I don't think it matters what race you are.

— Laurie Hernandez

Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Prejudices are comforting: everyone should make sure to cultivate at least three.”

— Sophie Hannah

Pride in one's own race - and that does not imply contempt for other races - is ... a normal and healthy sentiment.

— Adolf Hitler

Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor.

— Mario Monti

Until we have a serious discussion, this problem [racism] will continue to occur.

— Ilyasah Shabazz

The Klan sees the world in terms of race and ethnicity. So do Liberals

— Ann Coulter

A great message regardless of race or gender, treating people equally with respect is the right thing to do.

— Anonymous

At the Oscars, if you didnt vote for 12 Years a Slave' you were a racist.

— Gary Oldman

The only prejudice I've found anywhere in TV is in some advertising agencies, and there isn't so much prejudice as just fear.

— Nat King Cole

I had known poverty firsthand, but there I learned how to fight its evil - along with the evil of racism -…

— Gordon Parks

Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.

— Ryan White

In that respect, Martin Luther King, whom A.J.[Muste] advised in the civil rights movement, was also a radical pacifist.

— Nat Hentoff