Racism Quotes

757 Racism quotes by 487 unique authors

If one thinks about racism by examining only one wire of the cage, or one form of disadvantage, it is difficult to understand how and… — Iris Marion Young
If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not… — Stokely Carmichael
The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin. — Sargent Shriver
I grow dizzy when I recall that the number of manufactured tanks seems to have been more important to me than the vanished victims of… — Albert Speer
Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else. — Julian Bond
You'd never know that listening to people in the UN but tribalism is the father of racism. — Stanley Crouch
First there was racism. Then liberals created institutional racism and coded racism. You can only hear it with a dog whistle. — Evan Sayet
Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both. — Constance Baker Motley
I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending… — Patricia Ireland
Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism. — Florynce Kennedy
I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted. — Constance Baker Motley
Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism. — Jane Elliott
My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their… — Patricia Ireland
Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those "others". Nationalism is strong in all three nations; in two of them there are… — Alija Izetbegovic
The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last… — Carol Moseley Braun
Be true. Be beautiful. Be free. In the midst of segregation and racism Mamma raised us to be independent and free. We saw ourselves as… — Debbie Allen
If I was in a room with a bunch of skinheads talking about racism, then I would be disturbed, but after we finished a take,… — Edward Furlong
I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase… — Charles Rangel
The hardest thing I had to overcome in life? I think racism. That's so difficult because I don't think anyone can ever understand it. It's… — Herschel Walker
We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass on an undivided… — Christopher Hitchens
Evolution is the root of atheism, of communism, nazism, behaviorism, racism, economic imperialism, militarism, libertinism, anarchism, and all manner of anti-Christian systems of belief and… — Henry M. Morris
Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings. — Colin Powell
Any racial reconciliation we've had in this country has come not out of confrontation but out of a spirit of reconciliation. If we continue to… — Andrew Young
I think the Negro people should feel secure enough by now to face a reasonable ridicule without terror. I am unalterably opposed to all efforts… — H. L. Mencken
All people who have reached the point of becoming nations tend to despise foreigners, but there is not much doubt that the English-speaking races are… — George Orwell

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