“ I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexism. ”
- Oprah Winfrey- Copy
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“ Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. ”
- Ruth Benedict- Copy
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“ Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. ”
- Abraham Joshua Heschel- Copy
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“ Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list. ”
- Denis Leary- Copy
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“ I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds. ”
- Dave Chappelle- Copy
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“ Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong. ”
- Muhammad Ali- Copy
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“ The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism. ”
- Huey Newton- Copy
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“ We have been basically persuaded that we should not talk about racism. ”
- Angela Davis- Copy
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“ The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his. ”
- Emma Goldman- Copy
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“ For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too. ”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu- Copy
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“ Polls find young blacks less likely to call racism America's No. 1 issue. A Time/CNN poll found 89 percent of black teens consider racism in their own lives to be a small problem or not a problem at all. Twice as many black teens as white believe that failure to take advantage of available opportunities is a bigger problem for blacks than discrimination. ”
- Larry Elder- Copy
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“ I've been in this struggle for many years now. I understand racism. I understand that there are a lot of people in this country who don't care about the problems of the inner city. We have to fight every day that we get up for every little thing that we get… ”
- Maxine Waters- Copy
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“ If we say, as we do, that no one in this country intends for racism to lead to genocide, the effects of racism are genocidal, regardless of our intentions. ”
- John Howard Griffin- Copy
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“ As a country, we are in a state of denial about issues of race and racism. And too many of our leaders have concluded that the way to remedy racism is to simply stop talking about race. ”
- Lani Guinier- Copy
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“ In the end, as any successful teacher will tell you, you can only teach the things that you are. If we practice racism then it is racism we teach. ”
- Max Lerner- Copy
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“ When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression. ”
- Jesse Jackson- Copy
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“ The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery. ”
- Frederick Douglas- Copy
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“ The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery. ”
- Frederick Douglass- Copy
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“ To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow. ”
- William Faulkner- Copy
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“ A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family. ”
- Saul Alinsky- Copy
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“ We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda? ”
- Judith Jamison- Copy
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“ I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish. ”
- Michael Jordan- Copy
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“ In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. ”
- Harry A. Blackmun- Copy
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“ Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work. ”
- Angela Davis- Copy
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“ And so this is Xmas for black and for white, for yellow and red, let's stop all the fight. ”
- John Lennon- Copy
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