Racism Quotes
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Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities; it's a social justice movement that believes sexism, racism and classism exist and interconnect, and that they should be consistently challenged.
Jessica Valenti
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War, hate, jealousy, racism - what are they but manifestations of fear?
F. Paul Wilson
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Laws on hate speech and hate crimes do important work in a world that has been rooted in racism and bigotry since the inception of this country, which was not founded on ideals of justice.
DeRay Mckesson
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To a world sick with racism, get well soon.
Janet Jackson
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Civil rights in this country is unfinished business, and racism is alive and well.
Marcia Fudge
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We call for the end of bigotry as we know it. The end of racism as we know it. The end of child abuse in the family as we know it. The end of sexism as we know it. The end of homophobia as we know it. We stand for freedom as we have yet to know it. And we will not be denied.
Urvashi Vaid
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Preparing oneself for the possibility of confronting racism triggers something that slowly chips away at physical and emotional well-being.
Clint Smith
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People can tell if you don't like 'em. African Americans can tell we're not welcome in the Republican Party no matter how many times they say we are. All the signals that it's a party that tolerates anti-black racism is very clear.
Van Jones
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Many voted in 2008 with the desire to see racism and racists humiliated by having a qualified black man elected president.
Douglas Wilder
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I always try to individualize everything, every person. I see individuals and that's why I've never fallen for racism, or any type or classification of people.
Mike Vallely Black Flag
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Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.
Alvin Ailey
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Whether it is tribalism, racism, xenophobia, or anti-Muslim backlash we're talking about, we spend so much time and energy fighting ways to divide ourselves from others.
Loretta Lynch
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The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evidence makes you a 'racist.'
Thomas Sowell
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You grow up and recognise that in an educated, secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognise in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.
Andrew Hozier-Byrne
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We now have a situation where a type of reverse racism is applied to mainstream Australians by those who promote political correctness and those who control the various taxpayer funded 'industries' that flourish in our society servicing Aboriginals, multiculturalists and a host of other minority groups.
Pauline Hanson
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Racism is like high blood pressure—the person who has it doesn’t know he has it until he drops over with a God damned stroke. There are no symptoms of racism. The victim of racism is in a much better position to tell you whether or not you’re a racist than you are.
Coleman Young
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We live in a world where racism hasn't changed at all. It's that old thing of, you know, the more things change, the more things remain the same.
Joe Morton
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I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
Billy Bragg
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It's impossible for a white person to believe in capitalism and not believe in racism. You can't have capitalism without racism.
Malcolm X
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Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.
John Prendergast
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I believe that also it should be stressed and made clear that our antagonistic position is not to say "I don't like whites" for the simple fact of not liking white people. It's like, our fight is not against the white person per se, but against the exercises of white supremacy and the form in which whiteness and the politics of whiteness operates.
Bocafloja
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Racism must be fought - there are no two ways about it.
Marine Le Pen
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The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I really hate racism because I saw people denied possibilities.
Joe R. Lansdale