Racism Quotes

757 Racism quotes by 487 unique authors

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. — Maya Angelou
I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've… — Hank Aaron
Every time one of us starts talking about more effective immigration controls, somebody else throws up the Statue of Liberty, how we're a nation of… — Alan K. Simpson
I refuse to believe in a god who is the primary cause of conflict in the world, preaches racism, sexism, homophobia, and ignorance, and then… — Mark Fuhrman
The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to… — Maya Angelou
Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood… — Nannie Helen Burroughs
Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deepseated, that it is invisible because it is so normal. — Shirley Chisholm
It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they not only colonized… — John Henrik Clarke
Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem. — Pearl Cleage
Racism cannot be separated from capitalism. — Angela Davis
If we say, as we do, that no one in this country intends for racism to lead to genocide, the effects of racism are genocidal,… — John Howard Griffin
As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders have concluded that… — Lani Guinier
In the end, as any successful teacher will tell you, you can only teach the things that you are. If we practice racism then it… — Max Lerner
Battling racism and battling heterosexism and battling apartheid share the same urgency inside me as battling cancer. — Audre Lorde
My beliefs are now one hundred percent against racism and segregation in any form and I also believe that we don't judge a person by… — Malcolm X
The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are somehow different than our brothers and sisters, no matter where we find them, allows for all… — Anna Quindlen
We call for the end of bigotry as we know it. The end of racism as we know it. The end of child abuse in… — Urvashi Vaid
It will do us little good to wire the world if we short circut our souls. There is no delete button for racism, poverty, or… — Tom Brokaw
The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most… — Ban Ki-moon
Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides… — Iris Chang
Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Where the really sincere white people have got to do their 'proving' of themselves is not among the black victims, but out on the battle… — Malcolm X
Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism which… — Nelson Mandela
I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which… — Martin Luther
I want her to understand that it's going to be a factor in her life. I just want her to know that (racism) does exist,… — Charles Barkley

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