Racism Quotes - Page 14

• I look at racism as one of the social demons. And, in its worst, it's violent and it's a systemic commitment to oppression.

  Jordan Peele

  Commitment, Looks, Oppression

  "‘Get Out’ dials up the scary side of race in America". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. March 6, 2017.

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• The way racism works in Canada, it's very subtle. You may feel you're a victim of racism or have experienced racism, but you can't necessarily prove it - unless you get a [white] friend to go check out that rental, go check out that job, whatever. Unless you're willing to really dig to prove you're a victim of racism, it might be difficult to do that. And so what you're dealing with then is feeling, it's emotion.

  George Elliott Clarke

  Jobs, White, Feelings

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Even though I'm appalled when racism surfaces, and I personally don't agree with certain policy solutions and a lot of what they believe in, as someone who is very concerned about reinvigorating democracy the Tea Parties are an answer to what I asked for.

  Naomi Wolf

  Party, Believe, Tea

  "Naomi Wolf Thinks the Tea Parties Help Fight Fascism -- Is She Onto Something or in Fantasy Land?". Interview with Justine Sharrock, www.alternet.org. March 29, 2010.

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• I don't really know exactly how it happened but I don't like the idea that I would ever have said I'm going to write about racism or puberty or bullying.

  Judy Blume

  Bullying, Writing, Ideas

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• Part of our identity is the idea that racism is still there and that we are vulnerable to it. So, the question is, 'How vulnerable?' In other words, is it really a problem for us, or is it just a small thing. How do you evaluate racism in America on a scale of 1 to 10? My suspicion is that most blacks overrate it a bit. Not to say it's not there, but we overrate it because this masking is part of our relationship to the larger society. This is a way we keep whites on the hook. We keep them obligated, and we keep ourselves entitled. There's an incentive, you see, to inflate it a little bit.

  Shelby Steele

  Ideas, America, Identity

  "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.

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• If you're getting harassed, it's not helpful to know that racism has generally declined in America, when you're still experiencing it. That is a reality that we're still vulnerable to.

  Shelby Steele

  Reality, America, Helpful

  Black Star News Interview, www.blackstarnews.com. February 29, 2008.

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• We have laws on the books. If somebody's discriminating against you, I strongly advocate suing them. That's the most effective thing you can do in terms of fighting racism. People understand that they're vulnerable to lawsuit.

  Shelby Steele

  Book, Fighting, Law

  "Shelby Steele: The Why Obama Can’t Win Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. February 27, 2008.

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• Racism is the most divisive force in our society, so until it is dealt with we cannot hope for much.

  Michael Yates

  Our Society, Force

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I think the two issues, racism and chauvinism, are linked. Look at how much weaker was support for U.S. actions in Iraq among black people.

  Michael Yates

  Thinking, Two, Iraq

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• I was born in the late '70s and grew up in the deep South, and I was very much still of an era where racism was a casual part of white people's public and private lives, though it had been pushed more into its own little echo chamber by then. As a five year old, I saw a fully costumed Klan circle, complete with burning cross, on a town square in rural Alabama at high noon.

  Nate Powell

  Echoes, Squares, Years

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• People thought once Obama got into office that racism was over with. But, what we ended up learning was that it just came more into the light.

  Lil Rel Howery

  Light, People, Office

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Is it different to come out now than it was to come out thirty-five years ago? Sometimes. But if you come out now and you come from poverty and you come from racism, you come from the terror of communities that are immigrant communities or communities where you're already a moving target because of who you are, this is not a place where it's any easier to be LGBT even if there's a community center in every single borough.

  Amber Hollibaugh

  Moving, Years, Community

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I warn young people that I interact with about this - you get into unrealistic expectations where you think that, "Oh, we're gonna eliminate racism like that. After Obama's elected how could there be any racism?".

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, People, Expectations

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• In the West or anywhere else, the treatment of people in an undignified way (structural and institutionalized racism against Latinos or African American citizens) as well as a dangerous dehumanization of some people (in Palestine, Iraq, Africa or Asia) are simply unacceptable.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Iraq, People, African American

  "Tariq Ramadan: My Absence Would Certainly Be The Most Powerful Speech I Have Ever Given At ISNA". The Islamic Monthly Interview, www.theislamicmonthly.com. August 14, 2014.

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• Shouldn't the American leadership be addressing what is happening in America, with its domestic policies on racism, discrimination, illegal monitoring, solitary confinement, torture, Guantanamo Bay and any other social and political issues related to the American society not directly connected to Islam? American Muslims must speak out and be involved as well in international policies and, through their institutions, they should raise their voice. This is the way you serve the community.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Voice, America, Issues

  "Tariq Ramadan: My Absence Would Certainly Be The Most Powerful Speech I Have Ever Given At ISNA". Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. August 14, 2014.

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• One of the ongoing crises in America is institutional racism. We have a very broken criminal justice system. We live in a country where there are more people in jail than any other country on Earth. There are some 2.2 million people currently incarcerated and they are disproportionally African American and Hispanic. Unarmed African Americans have been abused and sometimes killed while in police custody. Clearly these are issues that must be dealt with and changed.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, America, Jail

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• You never really saw the racism in Europe in the past because it was so homogeneous. When everyone is blonde and blue-eyed, you don't see racism. But as soon as there was the beginnings of immigration, it just came out very dramatically.

  Noam Chomsky

  Past, Blue, Europe

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Poverty is certainly worse for African-Americans now than it was during King's lifetime.

  Tavis Smiley

  Kings, Issues, Usa

  "Tavis Smiley on repositioning Dr. King as a revolutionary". Interview With Kam Williams, baystatebanner.com. December 11, 2014.

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• If there had been a charismatic figure in the United States who could mobilize fears, anger, racism, a sense of loss of the future that belongs to us, this country could be in real danger. We're lucky that there never has been an honest, charismatic figure. McCarthy was too much of a thug, you know? Nixon was too crooked. Trump, I think, is too much of a clown. So, we've been lucky.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Real, Loss

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• All of my history as an African-American woman, as a Jewish woman, as a Muslim woman. I'm bringing everything I ever knew, and all the stories I've read - everything good, strong, kind and powerful. I bring it all with me into every situation, and I will not allow my life to be minimized by anybody's racism or sexism or ageism.

  Maya Angelou

  Strong, Powerful, African American

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. December 2000.

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• First and foremost, I want people to have a good read, because I want everything I write to entertain people. There are always different layers to the story, though, so if you want to think about social justice, or sexism or racism or homophobia, or really drill down into why the world is a better place when the police force looks like the people they are policing, then that's there, too.

  Karin Slaughter

  Writing, Thinking, Justice

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• Donald Trump is american neo-fascist. The word "neo" meaning "new", has a lot to do with it, a new kind of fascist in our culture, dealing with an authoritarian demagogic point of view, nativist, anti-immigrant, racism, bigotry that he appeals to.

  Carl Bernstein

  Culture, Kind, Point Of View

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• A lot of people felt defeated and hopeless by Trump's election. But I feel his election should energize people to resist apathy, ignorance, sexism, xenophobia, and racism.

  Shepard Fairey

  Ignorance, People, Apathy

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• I don't understand racism. I have many black friends and many others have been my opponents. Respect is basic. Unfortunately racism is a social problem, and football belongs to society.

  Francesco Totti

  Football, Black, Problem

  Source: 90soccer.com

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• When you’re young, your world is pretty limited. My parents, my family, my church dominated my world. And because Birmingham was so segregated, I didn’t really have to encounter the slings and arrows of racism on a daily basis. Obviously, from time to time I did, like when my parents took me to see Santa Claus and he wasn’t letting black children sit on his knee. But my parents tried to insulate me as much as they could.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Children, Parent, Black

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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