--- title: "13 Racist Society Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Racist Society quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Racist Society sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/daryl-davis-7572_hate_there-s-no-more-denying-it-or-saying-we_953038.jpg" --- > [There's no more denying it, or saying we live in a post-racist society. All you have to do is turn on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daryl-davis/there-s-no-more-denying-it-or-saying-we-live-in-a-post-racist-society/) [Daryl Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daryl-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/daryl-davis-7572_hate_there-s-no-more-denying-it-or-saying-we_953038.jpg) > [I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-chisholm/i-am-not-antiwhite-because-i-understand-that-white-people-like-black/) [Shirley Chisholm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-chisholm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/shirley-chisholm-5073_black_i-am-not-antiwhite-because-i-understand_83025.png) > [A people who have suffered so much for so long at the hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/a-people-who-have-suffered-so-much-for-so-long-at-the-hands-of-a/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37f/bobby-seale-12903_draws_a-people-who-have-suffered-so-much-for-s_124824.jpg) > [“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-y-davis/in-a-racist-society-it-is-not-enough-to-be-non-racist-we-must-be-anti/) [Angela Y. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-y-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/angela-y-davis-34412_community_in-a-racist-society-it-is-not-enough-to_1877566.jpg) > [I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-reed/i-used-to-be-a-discipline-problem-which-caused-me-embarrassment-until/) [Ishmael Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/ishmael-reed-7430_discipline_i-used-to-be-a-discipline-problem-which_2752684.png) > [America is a former slave state and a blatantly racist society, so the war on drugs, which is managed by white supremacists,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-valentine/america-is-a-former-slave-state-and-a-blatantly-racist-society-so-the/) [Douglas Valentine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-valentine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/douglas-valentine-52196_drug_america-is-a-former-slave-state-and-a-bl_1762486.jpg) > [To even envision a post-racist society is contingent upon understanding the offensive, dense, and wildly contradictory nature of our racist past and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gayle-pemberton/to-even-envision-a-post-racist-society-is-contingent-upon/) [Gayle Pemberton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gayle-pemberton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/gayle-pemberton-77789_contradictory_to-even-envision-a-post-racist-society-i_2028611.jpg) > [You are not born racist. You are born into a racist society. And like anything else, if you can learn it, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-elliott/you-are-not-born-racist-you-are-born-into-a-racist-society-and-like/) [Jane Elliott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-elliott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40f/jane-elliott-38005_anti-racist_you-are-not-born-racist-you-are-born-int_1895707.png) > [But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/but-on-the-other-hand-i-get-bored-with-racism-too-and-recognize-that/) [Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/audre-lorde-758_black_but-on-the-other-hand-i-get-bored-with-r_2266917.jpg) > [I struggle with the racist issue in football because as a player I don't see it. That's not because I've got my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-james/i-struggle-with-the-racist-issue-in-football-because-as-a-player-i/) [David James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/david-james-4110_believe_i-struggle-with-the-racist-issue-in-foot_2844344.png) > [A people who have suffered so much for so long at hands of a racist society must draw the line somewhere… the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-seale/a-people-who-have-suffered-so-much-for-so-long-at-hands-of-a-racist/) [Bobby Seale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-seale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/bobby-seale-12903_america_a-people-who-have-suffered-so-much-for-s_1701390.jpg) > [The white man is not inherently evil, but America's racist society influences him to act evilly. The society has produced and nourishes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-white-man-is-not-inherently-evil-but-america-s-racist-society/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/malcolm-x-213_america_the-white-man-is-not-inherently-evil-but_1581663.jpg) > [“The belief in the power of "institutional racism" allows black civil rights leaders to denounce America as a "racist" society, when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-horowitz/the-belief-in-the-power-of-institutional-racism-allows-black-civil/) [David Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-horowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/david-horowitz-4695_anti-racist_the-belief-in-the-power-of-institutional_767461.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racist-society/#itemlist", "name": "Racist Society Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's no more denying it, or saying we live in a post-racist society. 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