Experience Quote by Leigh-Anne Pinnock

When I experienced racism here in my own country, I was not prepared for it. I had never heard the word racism.

— Daryl Davis

I know the ugly face of racism. I lived racism. I have experienced racism. And I survived racism.

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

I really hate racism because I saw people denied possibilities.

— Joe R. Lansdale

I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of…

— Sidney Poitier

Racism is a very insidious thing. It's dangerous to the psyche, to mind and body. It erodes the self-confidence. And I don't know how…

— Ruby Dee

Sure, I've felt racism. I think everybody has prejudice. When I was growing up, the dark Mexican kids weren't allowed in the public swimming…

— Lee Trevino

For my own part, once I became a teenager, I experienced severe and violent racism.

— Maajid Nawaz

If I can relate the black experience to white people, then they can understand us better and not be so afraid.

— Eddie Griffin

I've certainly experienced racism, but it has not made a great impact on me. I have always thought, as I got older and older,…

— Robert Guillaume

I've always been raised to love everyone, to accept everyone for their differences, and to just be open. But at a young, a very…

— Nia Long

I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like…

— Jamaica Kincaid

Every now and then I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me, and I experience racism. Things like not being buzzed into a…

— Chris Rock