When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
Legal doctrine requiring a showing of evidence of racist intent and a narrow chain of causation has made it very difficult to… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas - because otherwise… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Finally, don’t put on a Let’s Be Fair tone and say “But black people are racist too.” Because of course we’re all… — Chimanada Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that intersectionality is only about identity. But it's also about how race and gender are structured in… — Kimberle Williams Crenshaw Copy Share Image
“Before I learned about labor unions, contracts, and collective bargaining, I was taught about structure and organization, in church. (Reclaiming the Black… — Carlos Wallace Copy Share Image
People who face discrimination due to the color of their skin, are often obstructed by institutional barriers across our society - from… — Wayne Messam Copy Share Image
If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent… — Dwayne McDuffie Copy Share Image
I talk about the politics of love over the politics of fear... Fear is rooted in institutional racism. It's this fear of… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
“First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
As long as the factories are in the hands of the whites, the housing is in the hands of the whites, the… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Black is confusing. Where does the line start and stop with what is black and what isn't black? People that are mixed-race,… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
it's no longer socially acceptable to make bigoted statements and racist remarks. Some people are having an awful time with that: 'I… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Sadly, whites are rarely open to what black and brown folks have to say regarding their ongoing experiences with racist mistreatment. And… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
“You are at the same time, a god and a demon. When the god in you lacks nourishment, the demon gets hold… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
America still has a race problem, though not the one that conventional wisdom would suggest: the racism of whites toward blacks. Old… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like… — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
The white man will keep on granting tokenism; a few big Negroes will get big jobs, but the black masses will catch… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I was born black, I attended all Negro schools including college, I grew up in the segregated South during Jim Crow. If… — Ezola B. Foster Copy Share Image
The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class-it is the cause… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
I always tell young people in particular: Do not say that nothing's changed when it comes to race in America, unless you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a race and barely such a thing as an ethnic group. If we were dogs, we'd be… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“I think that anti-Jewish prejudice is an unfailing sign of a sick and disordered person ... It's a horrible, conspiratorial, pseudo-intellectual, mean… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody's presidency. I mean,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“In a world that has essentially turned away from racism, it is shocking to me that the color of the skin of… — Brian Yap Copy Share Image
I am living in this world, and if this world already has a certain prejudice of me and an idea of me,… — Amanda Knox Copy Share Image
It's not enough to just say 'I'm not racist' because you're not a purveyor of overt racism. If you benefit from the… — Leigh-Anne Pinnock Copy Share Image
Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
We believe as much in the purity of race as we think they do... We believe also that the white race of… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
As a black man working in the business, it's a challenge sometimes to get some of these things and these stories told… — Rick Famuyiwa Copy Share Image
Homophobia, transphobia, and sexism, they're all rooted in the same prejudice: the belief that one perception at birth - the sex we… — Sarah McBride Copy Share Image
Silver rights aren't as dramatic and captivating as civil rights. The movement isn't good TV and it's boring or inaccessible to many… — John Hope Bryant Copy Share Image
“Racism doesn't have to fit our stereotypes for what it is in order for it to hurt - but it also means… — Simon S. Tam Copy Share Image
“One of the most important causes of division, war and violence in the world is nationalist sentiment. NATIONALISM is simply another form… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles… — Charles Hamilton Houston Copy Share Image
White Privilege is being able to take pride in your race, people assuming your poor because your white but you still have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Bigotry consists in a man being convinced that another man must be wrong in everything, because he is wrong in a particular… — Gilbert Keith Chesterton Copy Share Image
But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
