Able Quote by Herman Cain

Preparing oneself for the possibility of confronting racism triggers something that slowly chips away at physical and emotional well-being.

— Clint Smith

There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to see themselves…

— Albert Memmi

Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing…

— Alveda King

The fact that hardly anyone is ever prepared to admit to racist behaviour is perhaps a sort of strength: it speaks to the fact…

— Martin Jacques

Because racism is not like jealousy or selfishness, it is not a primal urge or a basic instinct, it is a 400-year-old political and…

— David Olusoga

Racism has two primary functions: the oppression of people of color, which most people recognize, but also the simultaneous elevation of white people. You…

— Robin DiAngelo

The function, the very serious function of racism, is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over…

— Toni Morrison

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

Racism is the ultimate ignorance in that it relates 'self' to the body instead of the Consciousness - Awareness - animating and experiencing through…

— David Icke

This is one of the most effective adaptations of racism over time - that we can think of racism as only something that individuals…

— Robin DiAngelo

Racism was just a tool to deal with frustration and pain and that people are in denial about the way we feel and desperately…

— Matt Dillon

Racism is something that is taught. We, as a people, need to work to get past that.

— Booker T