Cases Quote by Al Sharpton

Racism is an effect of slavery, not the other way around. Once slavery was abolished, not only did racism not disappear, neither did the…

— Sarah Churchwell

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

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

The ills of discrimination are still with us. We have to continue the tenacity and vigilance of the 1960s. Racial understanding is not something…

— Thomas Cole

I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.

— Andrew Cuomo

Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues.

— Harry Belafonte

Racism is endemic to the human condition, just as stupidity is. We will always have to be on guard against it. But now it…

— Shelby Steele

Racism had grown out of slavery and exploitation and was very hard to eradicate quickly and completely.

— Assata Shakur

Racism is essentially natural, it's old fashioned it's an evolutionary phase that we're going through. Ultimately it wont exist

— Michael Hutchence

We still have to struggle against the impact of racism, but it doesn't happen in the same way. I think it is much more…

— Angela Davis

Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have spawned slavery, when human beings have bought and sold and owned and branded fellow human beings as if…

— Desmond Tutu

The new racism: Racism without 'racists.' Today, racial segregation and division often result from habits, policies, and institutions that are not explicitly designed to…

— Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us…

— Alveda King