Racism Quotes

757 Racism quotes by 487 unique authors

We are here to condemn the Palestinian occupation of the territories, but also to condemn the recent racist attack in France, against both Jews and… — Jean-Claude Van Damme
The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became… — Maggie Gallagher
Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The people who are most bigoted are those who have no conviction at all. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
White, black and yellow men - they all cry salt tears. — Unknown Author
In America, black is a country. — Amiri Baraka
Racism is the snobbery of the poor. — Raymond Aron
The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical and emotional abuse of… — Mel White
Racism and sexism are not "problems" or "topics." They are ways of defining reality and living our lives that most of us learned along with… — Paula Rothenberg
Fantastically, Australia is still the lucky country. We have the flawed but necessary gift of democracy. Currently there is a debate about whether there is… — Unknown Author
The new racism: Racism without 'racists.' Today, racial segregation and division often result from habits, policies, and institutions that are not explicitly designed to discriminate.… — Unknown Author
I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group — Peggy McIntosh
As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not… — Peggy McIntosh
Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others... — Ta-Nehisi Coates
Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another. — Ta-Nehisi Coates
The essence of American racism is disrespect. — Ta-Nehisi Coates
We are social beings who make communities with an urgency, and it is a stern charge to make us take refuge in the lonely world… — Vijay Prashad
Don't you know sugar is brown first? White folks couldn't stand the fact that something so sweet shared the same color as the people who… — Bernice L. McFadden
To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened imagination, which can… — Robert Thurman
Media are focused on comments Michael Jordan made about race which appear in my book. He made those comments years ago, talking of his youth — Roland Lazenby
The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens… — Ronald Reagan
However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize… — Ed Markey
The U. S. is becoming more hostile to Black people and other people of color. Racism is running rampant and xenophobia is on the rise — Assata Shakur
I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression,… — Assata Shakur
People have accused me of many things: racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny, intolerance, anti-Darwinism and anti-homosexualism [sic]. Well, I tell those people that there was someone else… — Jerry Falwell

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