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title: "14 Understand Racism Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 14 Understand Racism quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Understand Racism sayings and thoughts."
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> [Until white people understand that racism is embedded in everything, including our consciousness and socialisation, then we cannot go forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/until-white-people-understand-that-racism-is-embedded-in-everything/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

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> [The minute you understand racism, you're responsible for being racist. It's like eating from the tree of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-barry/the-minute-you-understand-racism-you-re-responsible-for-being-racist/)

[Lynda Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-barry/)

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> [We're not a racist organization, because we understand that racism is an excuse used for capitalism, and we know that racism is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hampton/we-re-not-a-racist-organization-because-we-understand-that-racism-is/)

[Fred Hampton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hampton/)

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> [One cannot understand how racism functions in the U.S. today if one ignores group power relations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-diangelo/one-cannot-understand-how-racism-functions-in-the-u-s-today-if-one/)

[Robin DiAngelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-diangelo/)

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> [I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamaica-kincaid/i-didn-t-really-understand-racism-because-i-grew-up-in-an-all-black/)

[Jamaica Kincaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamaica-kincaid/)

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> [I don't think many people understand what racism is. The intellectuals use it like toilet paper; it's something they can use. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-fuhrman/i-don-t-think-many-people-understand-what-racism-is-the-intellectuals/)

[Mark Fuhrman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-fuhrman/)

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> [In 1967, I had my first black girlfriend, and a lot more ever since then. I just don't understand racism. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemmy/in-1967-i-had-my-first-black-girlfriend-and-a-lot-more-ever-since/)

[Lemmy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemmy/)

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> [I've been in this struggle for many years now. I understand racism. I understand that there are a lot of people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-waters/i-ve-been-in-this-struggle-for-many-years-now-i-understand-racism-i/)

[Maxine Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-waters/)

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> [Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/having-a-strong-race-lens-means-you-understand-racism-is-threaded/)

[Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/)

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> [Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/why-is-it-so-difficult-for-many-white-folks-to-understand-that-racism/)

[Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/)

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> [We hide our racism. We just go on about our lives - may I say, white Canadians go on about their lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-backhouse/we-hide-our-racism-we-just-go-on-about-our-lives-may-i-say-white/)

[Constance Backhouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-backhouse/)

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> [I don't understand racism. We are all the same and I have the perfect hypothesis to prove it. I play to all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-jackson/i-don-t-understand-racism-we-are-all-the-same-and-i-have-the-perfect/)

[Michael Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-jackson/)

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> [“A vision of cultural homogeneity that seeks to deflect attention away from or even excuse the oppressive, dehumanizing impact of white supremacy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/a-vision-of-cultural-homogeneity-that-seeks-to-deflect-attention-away/)

[bell hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/)

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> [Critical Race Theory offers of discrimination frameworks as ways of understanding and eradicating racism. The focus on "discrimination" as the way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-spade/critical-race-theory-offers-of-discrimination-frameworks-as-ways-of/)

[Dean Spade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-spade/)

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