I am not a racist in any form whatsoever. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Segregation is evil; there is no pattern of life which can dehumanize men as can the way of segregation. — Lillian Smith Copy Share Image
Slavery was legal. Japanese interment was legal in this country. Segregation was legal. — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
“Scholars are beginning to understand that segregation does not reflect the preferences of whites alone.” — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
When I first ran for governor... I had to stand up for segregation or be defeated, but I never insulted black people… — George Wallace Copy Share Image
At the height of segregation, with every film role and public appearance, Poitier redeemed Black folks' dignity by pushing back against the… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
“When they are beyond the reach of the law, Americans revert to the patterns of segregation the law forbids. Why is this?” — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
We have a locale-based education system; we have increasing economic segregation. We clearly need a larger federal program to try to help… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race. — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white… — Maggie Gallagher Copy Share Image
We humans gravitate to people who share our culture because it's easier... the problem is that self-segregation is not just bad, it… — Nuseir Yassin Copy Share Image
There was never a time you could get the majority of people in Alabama or Mississippi, or even southern Delaware, to vote… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Some people criticize the faithful for getting involved in politics, but it's important to remember that down through the centuries, people motivated… — Frank Wolf Copy Share Image
To have one's race brutally treated for so many years, even after the end of slavery and segregation, people are going to… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Just take the negro child. Take the white child. The white child, although it has not committed any of the per -… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
I never met a white person till I was a grown man. I never went to school with a white till I… — Randall Robinson Copy Share Image
... many of the things which we deplore, the prevalence of tuberculosis, the mounting record of crime in certain sections of the… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Iwent to school with African-American girls during my entire adolescence in Michigan and never noticed them as potential girlfriends, never even wanted… — Kenneth Cain Copy Share Image
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women,… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
“[Solitary confinement] is terrible. That is terrible. You're in a grave. You can't do anything. Everything's brought to you and you're in… — Megan Sweeney Copy Share Image
There is no trickier subject for a writer from the South than that of affection between a black person and a white… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
We must realize that violence is not confined to physical violence. Fear is violence, caste discrimination is violence, exploitation of others, however… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
It's so Canada. On some level, you laugh, but on another level, it's just depressing. We pride ourselves: We're not like the… — Constance Backhouse Copy Share Image
“The moment you try to theorize basic human values, you inadvertently start digging your own grave, and that's exactly what the whole… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Segregation laws were proposed as part of a deliberate effort to drive a wedge between poor whites and African Americans. These discriminatory… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
When you talk about "white privilege", you're talking about something systemic. When you're talking about "black privilege" it's something spiritual because we… — Charlamagne Tha God Copy Share Image