Black face Quote by Ibram X. Kendi

“Between all the witch lit and the relentless misfortunes he and New England seemed to be experiencing, Cotton came to the reasonable conclusion that…

— Susan Fair

“And here, she said to herself, is the victim of the witch hunt, or its modern equivalent. Not much has changed. Witchcraft or sexual…

— Alexander McCall Smith

The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual…

— Arthur Miller

“he met with the Devill, and cheated him of his Booke, wherein were written all the Witches names in England, and if he looks…

— Matthew Hopkins

There is a mental fear, which provokes others of us to see the images of witches in a neighbor's yard and stampedes us to…

— Edward R. Murrow

“Americans reading early colonial newspapers learned two recurring lessons about Black people: they could be bought like cattle, and they were dangerous criminals like…

— Ibram X. Kendi

The devil is not as black as he is painted.

— Dante Alighieri

“It is very seldom that one encounters what would appear to be sheer unadulterated evil in a human face; an evil, I mean, active,…

— Walter de la Mare

When we learned about Salem at school, the whole thing was confusing. Because the idea of the witch hunt is used as a symbol…

— Robert Eggers

“What is abundantly clear is that witch hunts did not begin with witches, and are thus not avoided by making ourselves harmless or integrating…

— Peter Grey

“Fruit of the Poisonous Tree, The True Story of Murder in a Small Town, begins on a steamy August night with two teenagers, brother…

— Richard W Carson

“Throughout these centuries, those who should, by their birth, training, and position, have been the conscience of the world, accepted the delusion and promoted…

— Rossell Hope Robbins