Ending Racism Quotes

• No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Nov 04, 2014

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• History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Sad, Wisdom, Bad Relationship

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

  Wayne Dyer

  Lying, Judging, Racism

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• Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Men, Racism, Hatred

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.86, Macmillan

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• If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

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  I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Faith, Peace

  "50 years after receiving Nobel Prize, do Martin Luther King's peace prophecies still resonate?", www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2014.

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• Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

  Nelson Mandela

  Life, Hate, Heart

  1994 LongWalk to Freedom.

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• Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Travel, Laughter

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.8, Bantam

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• No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

  Nelson Mandela

  Wisdom, Hate, Education And Freedom

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2016

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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

  Powerful, Hate, Son

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• I refuse to accept the view . . . that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Kings, Unconditional Love

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.116, Beacon Press

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• Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

  Mary Browne

  Motivational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Kings, Truth

  Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 10 Dec. 1964

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• I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

  Coretta Scott King

  Believe, Responsibility, Rights

  "Shadow in the Land : Homosexuality in America" by William Dannemeyer, (p. 148), 1989.

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• I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

  James A. Baldwin

  Forgiveness, Encouragement, Pain

  "Me and My House". Harper's Magazine, November 1955.

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• If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Family, Racism, Role Models

  Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours”, p.47, Beacon Press

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• I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man's court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice.

  Nelson Mandela

  Hate, Home, Fighting

  Nelson Mandela (1963*). “We Accuse: The Trial of Nelson Mandela”

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• Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Ignorance, Men, Racism

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.52

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• I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.

  Morgan Freeman

  Struggle, Men, White Man

  "Freeman calls Black History Month ‘ridiculous’". www.today.com. December 15, 2005.

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• Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Education, Ignorance, Racism

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.53, Cambridge University Press

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• I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history.

  Morgan Freeman

  Black History, Months, Black Racism

  "Roundtable: NSA, Freeman on Black History Month". "Roundtable" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. December 19, 2005.

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• A white person listens to my act and he laughs and he thinks, 'Yeah, that's the way I see it too.' Okay. He's white. I'm Negro. And we both see things the same way. That must mean that we are alike..... So I figure I'm doing as much for good race relations as the next guy.

  Bill Cosby

  Mean, Thinking, White

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• I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.

  Rigoberta Menchu

  Respect, Xenophobia, Believe

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• I do believe that part of us ending racism is us seeing each other's humanity and learning to love each other, even if we look different or worship differently or live differently.

  John Legend

  Believe, Racism, Humanity

  "John Legend Talks ‘Blurred Lines’ Case & Common’s Controversial Remarks On Ending Racism". Interview With Mesfin Fekadu, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2015.

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• I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

  Patricia Ireland

  Girl, Racism, Empowerment

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