Jane Elliott Quotes

"What did you people who are wearing blue collars now find out today?"
-Jane Elliott

"I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one."
-Jane Elliott

"What would you like to do with them?"
-Jane Elliott

"Let's take these collars off."
-Jane Elliott

"White people in this country are tweaked. We are raised to believe a myth of White superiority. Malcolm X, in The Autobiography of Malcolm X, said that White people's "belief that they are 'superior' in some way is so deeply rooted that these things are in the national White subconscious."
-Jane Elliott

"Should the color of some other person's eyes have anything to do with how you treat them?"
-Jane Elliott

"We don't know anything about racism. We've never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?"
-Jane Elliott