Racism Quotes

"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
-Abraham J. Heschel

"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

"The only nation I've ever been tempted to feel really racist about are the Swiss - a whole country of phobic hand washers living in a giant Barclays Bank."
-Jonathan Raban

"The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence."
-Byron R. White

"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

"Consider: if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their people too."
-Carl Schurz

"The biggest problem throughout the history of man is the fact that racism is anything but an anomoly."
-Erik Hansen

"It is not enough to show leaflets and films against racism in our stadiums."
-Gerardo Gonzalez

"The denial of racism is a form of racism itself."
-Tim Wise

"The only country that had this law is Canada. This was really racism.... Why strictly on Chinese? History said those people built the railways for Canada."
-Philip Liang

"Never underestimate internalized racism. People can be oppressed, yet continue to express their oppression in their own choices."
-Susan Morris

"The concrete results of this conference are essential to the fight against racism around the world."
-Louis Michel

"The factors that we have studied include reproductive factors, female hormone use, smoking, obesity, exercise, diet, neighborhood characteristics and experiences of racism."
-Lynn Rosenberg

"The most common comment is that this (discussion of racism) is a long time coming."
-Michelle Hoffman

"There's a lot of racism against Arabs inside Israel, and there's a lot of racism by Arabs against Israeli Jews."
-Robert Fisk

"History is not going to be kind to liberals. With their mindless programs, they've managed to do to Black Americans what slavery, Reconstruction, and rank racism found impossible: destroy their family and work ethic."
-Walter Williams

"It?s a very quiet story. People certainly don?t know the history of racism here."
-Jeff Barnes

"In this workshop we hope to open discussion on the parallels between disability, oppression and racism."
-John Morman

"It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive."
-Ingrid Newkirk

"This is racism. There are bigots on this board."
-Charles Stewart

"Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism."
-Walter Lang

"From my experience, no, I didn't experience any racism. Everything was pretty good for me at Duke."
-Daniel Ewing

"We do devote the same level of resources to murders in relation to their difficulty. What the difference is, is how these are reported. I actually believe the media is guilty of institutional racism in the way they report deaths."
-Sir Ian Blair

"What happened on the 18th is merely a microcosm of the problem of racism that exists here on campus and within society at large."
-Stacy King

"What we don't want is a law that should be addressing anti-racism contributing to the problem."
-Piara Powar

"We're still dealing with racism. Discrimination still exists. We're still fighting, but it's a different struggle. It's more subtle, but it's still there."
-Yvonne Bunch

"This play is a searing inside account of what white racism does to its victims, ... and it floats on the same authentic artistry as the blues music it celebrates."
-Frank Rich

"This reeks of racism. What's going to happen to our inner-city kids? They are going to get an average, mundane education offered to them at best."
-Jackie Wagstaff