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Racism Quotes by Audre Lorde
- Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer.
- I stand here as a black lesbian feminist, having been invited to comment within the only panel at this conference where the input of black…
- Black women are programmed to define ourselves within this male attention and to compete with each other for it rather than to recognize and move…
- Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed…
- I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the…
- But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black…
- For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will…
- Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men…
More Racism Quotes
- On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end… — Hank Aaron
- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing… — Margaret Atwood
- Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people have something against me. But… — Mario Balotelli
- Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease. — Daniel Barenboim
- Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the… — Ruth Benedict
- In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to… — Harry A. Blackmun
- Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline. — Tony Blair
- Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to… — Cate Blanchett
- I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through… — Lisa Bonet
- I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash. — Billy Bragg
- Jeremy Clarkson is rather charming, but I can't stomach his public persona. I don't like his casual racism and casual misogyny. — Jo Brand
- Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, anything Nazi and a boatload of other things have no place in my life. — Sandra Bullock