Around the world Quote by Marjane Satrapi

“Racism—if you look closely—is about profit. The whole system was built on it. War—if you look closely—is about profit. Poverty, which is not, and…

— Stan Goff

Poverty, the racial divide and social injustice do not impact only those who suffer most visibly. Alleviating poverty and injustice is a responsibility we…

— Marc Morial

Racism is just the symptom, but the fight is economic.

— The D.O.C

Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans…

— Tavis Smiley

This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will…

— Maxine Waters

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one…

— Iris Chang

Poverty affects people of all races.

— Bill Bennett

Racism should be viewed as an intervening variable. You give me a set of conditions and I can produce racism in any society. You…

— William Julius Wilson

Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us…

— Alveda King

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

Sometimes you do not see white faces when you think of poverty. That leads to lots of stigmas, systemic racism and all that.

— Stephanie Land

I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.

— Andrew Young