Racism Quote by Melba Pattillo Beals

Race is the idea that a human being is more superior than another human being, race in society grants illusional rights to mistreat each…

— Jeremy Limn

The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and…

— Grace Lee Boggs

If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as much a…

— David Simon

If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

— Salman Rushdie

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and…

— Dale Carnegie

We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

Racism is a cancer. You cannot ignore it and it'll go away. If you ignore cancer, it simply metastasizes and consumes the whole body.

— Daryl Davis

The color of somebody's skin or the way he wears his hair or clothes has nothing to do with anything.

— Anonymous

Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me…

— Cybill Shepherd

This is, for an accomplished Latino, an accomplished African American, an accomplished anyone who disproves stereotypes, it's a constant battle in your life.

— Sonia Sotomayor

Caught in a racial uproar, people make all sorts of promises to make amends. Whatever they do tends to be heavy on symbolism and…

— Jonathan Capehart

I hate prejudice on any level. I don't care if it's somebody being discriminated against because of the color of their skin or their…

— Charlamagne tha God