Racism Quotes · Page 73

“Life remains beautiful when we see it as a journey. It falls apart when we treat it as a race.”

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

They have managed to make racism a crime in Brazil and that has meant that there are fewer cases.

— Vinicius Junior

“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”

— Angie Thomas

It's very uncomfortable to talk about race. It often devolves before it begins.

— Jordan Peele

Prejudice is a seeping, dark stain, I think, more difficult to fight than hatred-which is powerful and violent and somehow more honest.

— Josephine Lawrence

As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.

— Vivek Shraya

I think that we've got to come to see this. The Negro is an American.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The human race is not very admirable. It was a big mistake of God’s,

— Taylor Caldwell

We all had to dodge the idea we were spokespeople for our races. Like, 'Hey, it's the Mexican Guy! The Filipino! The…

— Taboo

Because Dr. King was human and not divine - although we think he was divine, he was just a man, an extraordinary…

— Coretta Scott King

No. What would I look like fighting for equality with the white man? I don't want to go down that low. I…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

The whites were really brutishly ignorant, blitheringly, so they killed people sometimes - just came into the African-American community and maimed people…

— Maya Angelou

White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what…

— Al Sharpton

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it…

— Donald Glover

Wearing that uniform for Team U.S.A., we represent everyone in America and yet, under that umbrella, we are also representing people that…

— Breanna Stewart

I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices…

— J. C. Watts

Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and…

— Anonymous

That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there…

— Haile Selassie

Racism itself is difficult to measure. We can measure hate crimes - which are absolutely an indicator. We can measure reports of…

— Shaun King

The thing people have to remember is there's nothing natural about racism as it exists in America. I mean, we know this…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're often racing against time. You're frequently running…

— Summer Sanders

I had always imagined Rosa Parks as a stately woman with a bold temperament, someone who could easily stand up to a…

— Susan Cain

Well, because the Arabs who were involved in 9/11 cooperated with the Zionists, actually. It was a cooperation. They gave them the…

— James Abourezk

Let the Negro march. Let him make pilgrimages to city hall. Let him go on freedom rides. And above all, make an…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Black Lives Matter is one iteration of a much larger struggle to fight for black people's freedom.

— Patrisse Cullors

There are not 'many sides' in the fight against hatred and bigotry. There is only right and wrong.

— J. B. Pritzker

Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps; the need to take risks; and the chance to be number one.

— George A. Sheehan

By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason

— John Wesley

BJP's ideology doesn't permit discrimination on the basis of caste, sect, or religion. Everyone born in India is equal for us.

— Rajnath Singh

I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege.

— Peggy McIntosh

The depiction of Black history in British schools and on TV has mainly been trauma and struggle-based.

— Judi Love

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.

— Anonymous

You accuse me of black marketing, but which of you has not slept with me?

— Dhirubhai Ambani

Dr. King was one of the most inspiring human beings I ever met. He was such a warm, compassionate, and loving human…

— John Lewis

Banning hate speech doesn't end racism or antisemitism. Social pressure does that. It becomes socially unacceptable.

— Mona Eltahawy

We keep racism alive. We pass it on to our children. I think that is very sad.

— Ruby Bridges

The bickering and fighting and hating that women do with each other - it's going to kill us as a race of…

— Chaka Khan

Never try or beg for support from others.. Stand alone & face d life as a race.. Then everyone will follow u...:)

— Ritu

Life is only limited by our prejudices. Destroy them, and you cease to be at the mercy of yourself.

— Mina Loy