Racism Quotes
757 Racism quotes by 487 unique authors
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We were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the corporate money rich and the racist jive politicians and the lackeys,…
— Bobby Seale
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When it comes to explaining human thought and behavior, the possibility that heredity plays any role at all still has the power to shock. To…
— Steven Pinker
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Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error.
— Alveda King
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Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness.
— Hillary Clinton
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Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of amorous delights judge…
— Milan Kundera
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Herman Cain is probably well-liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican Party, conservative movement and tea party…
— Janeane Garofalo
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The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as if our society…
— Barack Obama
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Why should we think nudity is such a revolting thing in a land where there is so much violence and corruption and racism and hatred?…
— Anthony Kiedis
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No amount of outer technology, no amount of computers and biotechnology and nanotechnology is going to stop the continuation of warfare and racism and environmental…
— Jack Kornfield
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It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland. I could see them everywhere…
— Bernadette Devlin
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There should be a class on drugs. There should be a class on sex education-a real sex education class-not just pictures and diaphragms and 'un-logical'…
— Tupac Shakur
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I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.
— Gordon Parks
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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 those countries and…
— Michael Jackson
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Together, we can make a change in the world. Together we can help to stop racism. Together we can help to stop prejudice. We can…
— Michael Jackson
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We must never remain silent in the face of bigotry. We must condemn those who seek to divide us. In all quarters and at all…
— Ronald Reagan
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There is no easy way to create a world where men and women can live together... But if such a world is created in our…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.
— Gordon Parks
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Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities; it's a social justice movement that believes sexism, racism…
— Jessica Valenti
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The only reason race matters is because of racism.
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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If racism can't be shown to be natural then it is the result of certain conditions, and we are impelled to eliminate those conditions.
— Howard Zinn
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Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
— B B King
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If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would no Oscars. Or anyone named Oscar, if you think about that.
— Ellen DeGeneres
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Kids know nothing about racism. They're taught that by adults.
— Ruby Bridges
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Racism is very painful. That's life. It never ends.
— Sidney Poitier
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There's racism everywhere.
— Denzel Washington
Who Wrote These Racism Quotes
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