Racism Quotes

757 Racism quotes by 487 unique authors

The equal protection standard of the constitution has one clear and central meaning - it absolutely prohibits invidious [repugnant] discrimination by government...Under our Constitution, any… — Potter Stewart
Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of the great evils… — Howard Zinn
It's impossible for a white person to believe in capitalism and not believe in racism. — Malcolm X
It is this third consequence that has been elaborated in greatest detail and has formed one of the most significant pillars of historical capitalism, institutional… — Immanuel Wallerstein
The primary ideology that operated to create, socialize, and reproduce them was not the ideology of racism. It was that of universalism. — Immanuel Wallerstein
The way in which these two practices contain each other is that it has always been possible to use the one against the other: to… — Immanuel Wallerstein
The problem is that white people see racism as conscious hate, when racism is bigger than that. Racism is a complex system of social and… — Scott Woods
Yes, racism looks like hate, but hate is just one manifestation. Privilege is another. Access is another. Ignorance is another. Apathy is another, and so… — Scott Woods
It's not a cold that you can get over. There is no anti-racist certification class. It's a set of socioeconomic traps and cultural values that… — Scott Woods
More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to the margins of… — Michelle Alexander
The system functioned relatively automatically, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identities, and ideologies already seemed natural. Ninety percent of those admitted to prison… — Michelle Alexander
The overwhelming condemnation makes it clear we have made enormous progress in teaching everyone that racism is bad. Where we seem to have dropped the… — Jon Stewart
It is unfortunate that we should find ourselves at this time the only disorganized group. Others have had the advantage of organization for centuries, so… — Marcus Garvey
Racism is still America's greatest addiction. I also believe that America is the greatest sin against God. — Michael Pfleger
I have never experienced racism in the feminist movement, so it concerned me to think that I was unable to see the subject clearly because… — Betty Buckley
To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But… — Van Jones
If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight… — Afrika Bambaataa
Racism as a form of skin worship, and as a sickness and a pathological anxiety for America, is so great, until the poor whites --… — Jesse Jackson
The problem is there are people in this country - maybe 10%, I don't know what the number, maybe 20% on a bad day -… — Chris Matthews
What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition. — Christopher Hitchens
Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep. And when I see the Tea Party and all this stuff, it actually feels… — Chris Rock
Whatever your issue is, whether it's racism or homophobia or policy issues or taxes or urban decay or health care, you're not going to go… — Ralph Nader
Racism. It's ugly. Even in tubers. — Alton Brown
Racism, specifically, is the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death. — Ruth Wilson
It's easy to pretend 'to be fierce and fearless because living your truth takes real courage. Real fearless and fierce women admit mistakes and they… — Gabrielle Union

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