Humanity Quote by Andi Oliver

For my own part, once I became a teenager, I experienced severe and violent racism.

— Maajid Nawaz

I had a lot of racism growing up where I grew up. Bullied at school. It definitely encouraged me. It's like battle wounds -…

— Lewis Hamilton

Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.

— Jayson Blair

I've certainly experienced racism, but it has not made a great impact on me. I have always thought, as I got older and older,…

— Robert Guillaume

I'm not trying to say that it never hurt or that I never felt its sting, but I can honestly say that I never…

— Robert Guillaume

I've always been raised to love everyone, to accept everyone for their differences, and to just be open. But at a young, a very…

— Nia Long

I know the ugly face of racism. I lived racism. I have experienced racism. And I survived racism.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of…

— Sidney Poitier

I experienced racism in different settings: I was followed in stores, in cars. The way you experience racism depends on how you deal with…

— Perry Bellegarde

Despite how difficult and hopeless it was at times, my experiences have shaped me for the better in many ways. It ultimately taught me…

— Gianna Simone

Growing up the way I did, it was tough being one of only a few black people in the town and in school. What…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

Preparing oneself for the possibility of confronting racism triggers something that slowly chips away at physical and emotional well-being.

— Clint Smith