Black Quote by Shirley Chisholm Download Open image “I had met far more discrimination because I am a woman than because I am black.” — Shirley Chisholm ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Discrimination Inspirational Mets Racism
I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being Black...men are men. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
As a black person I am no stranger to prejudice. But the truth is that in the political world I have been far more… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly,… — Eddie Bernice Johnson Copy Share Image
I know I am judged unfairly by my physical characteristics and ostracized because of that so I say, "Yes, I'm a black man." — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I don't feel that I've faced discrimination. I've had every chance to succeed and more, and I think that's what all women should have. — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
All I can say is I am sensitive to discrimination on any basis because I have experienced that upset. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I've always been a black woman in corporate America. I've faced my share of issues. — Bozoma Saint John Copy Share Image
Very often as a little girl, then as a young woman, I have suffered my lot of discrimination. I was brought up with brothers;… — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
I don't think I know a single person who's a minority who hasn't experienced some form of discrimination at one time or another. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
It is obvious that discrimination exists. Women do not have the opportunities that men do. And women that do not conform to the system,… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Legal discrimination between the sexes is, in almost every instance, founded on outmoded views of society and the pre-scientific beliefs about psychology and physiology.… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says: It's a girl. — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Some fine men are in Congress, too few, trying to do a responsible job. But they are surrounded and almost neutralized by a greater… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
“Following along the path of her role models, Shirley knew that if she waited for permission, she’d never receive her turn.” — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I ran because somebody had to do it first. In this country, everybody is supposed to be able to run for president, but that… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
