Racism Quotes - Page 28

• To put it in layman's terms, crazy is crazy. And crazy will find a way to do something crazy. Racist is racist. And racist people will find a way to project their racism onto the world.

  Nia Long

  Crazy, People, Racist

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I don't like to just talk of Africa, and south of the Sahara in general. No, I'll talk about the Third World in general. I'll like to say this - we in the United States would never believe that another form of goverment - I don't care even if it's against the racism, etc. - it is hard to get the masses of people to believe or accept that a socialist government will relieve them of most of the problems.

  Huey Newton

  Believe, Socialist Government, People

  Source: www.afro.com

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• When one in three Black men are in prison, those larger systemic injustices become a part of what it means to love our neighbor as ourself. We care about dismantling institutional racism. That begins in relationships when you see injustice happen.

  Shane Claiborne

  Mean, Men, Black

  "Interview with Shane Claiborne: Embracing the Margins". Interview with Matt Dabbs, wineskins.org. November 17, 2015.

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• As someone who was gay bashed as a kid, I learned firsthand how a lot of people only feel good about themselves when they sense that someone or something is on a lower rung than they are. This inferiority complex drives racism and sexism as well as outdated attitudes about animals.

  Dan Mathews

  Attitude, Kids, Gay

  "Senior VP of PETA Dan Mathews: On gay rights, empathy for animals, and getting married under the Las Vegas sign". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I've said many times - I told William Buckley, I said, "You warped my mind and I never recovered from it." That was a principled, lawful understanding of the role of government, the Constitution. It was not based on racism, on demagoguery, but on strong principles that - which, consistent with the American heritage and our strength for the future.

  Jeff Sessions

  Strong, Government, Understanding

  Interview with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. May 31, 2016.

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• I just don't think there's that many people who think it's wrong to have control on our borders. That's not racism. It's not racism to question some of the political correctness today that's going on, to recognize that things are going as well as - for American workers, as they'd like, because people, their frustration is arising from a deep sense of unease that Washington is fiddling while their house is burning.

  Jeff Sessions

  Thinking, Frustration, People

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in our culture. Another holdover from slavery. We've got to deal with that core root of racism and demonization of the upbringing of black men. Black women are not exempt by any means.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Mean, Men, Roots

  "The Lenny Interview: Marian Wright Edelman". Interview with Jurnee Smollett-bell, www.lennyletter.com. April 8, 2016.

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• We have gaps that are rooted in systemic racism.

  Hillary Clinton

  Gaps, Rooted

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I think racial justice - and addressing the sick and enduring legacy of structural racism - remains one of the greatest challenges of our time, and one that's particularly important for more and more white people to speak up about.

  Sally Kohn

  Thinking, White, Sick

  "ORIGIN FEM SERIES: Sally Kohn – CNN Columnist". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• As the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe has presciently pointed out, neoliberal corporate globalism threatens to exploit that advantage like never before, and it seems set to turn vast swathes of humanity into "the Negros of a new racism."

  Andre Naffis-Sahely

  Humanity, Philosopher, Achilles

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The underpinning of immigration concerns is xenophobia and racism and nationalism.

  David Cross

  Xenophobia, Immigration, Concern

  "David Cross on why his comedy tour pissed off people right and left". Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. August 18, 2016.

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• I remember after I dated this white man, nobody said anything but there was a couple of men in my family that joked after that. 'Oh yeah, we had a party when y'all broke up. Hee hee hee.' And, you know, they laughed, and it was like light and a joke. But, you know, that's real. That was real and they let me know. And, it's almost acceptable within our culture to be prejudiced toward whites because of our history. This country is loaded with racism .

  Sanaa Lathan

  Country, Couple, Real

  "Sanaa Lathan tries 'Something New'". The Associated Press Interview, www.today.com. August 4, 2010.

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• Some people think racism is if you say the n-word, so homophobia is if you call someone...

  Nate Parker

  Thinking, People, Ifs

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Dr. [Martin Luther] King led a very historic march here in Washington, D.C. It was a march for jobs and freedom. It was a march to raise expectations that this country could live up to its ideals. I have watched this debate, this conversation [betwin Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump] about bigotry, about racism, I find it all misplaced.

  Donna Brazile

  Country, Kings, Jobs

  "Gov. Chris Christie and DNC Chair Donna Brazile". "This Week", abcnews.go.com. August 28, 2016.

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• I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in the USA is a spirit of repentance about the injustices of slavery and the injustices of segregation and racism generally.

  David Oyelowo

  Believe, Usa, Slavery

  Source: decentfilms.com

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• There is a theory behind the culture of victimhood: It's called "intersectionality." This theory posits that racism, sexism, classism, ableism, etc. are interconnected, overlapping, and mutually reinforcing. Together they form a "matrix of oppression."

  Christina Hoff Sommers

  Together, Culture, Etc

  "Is Modern Academic Feminism Harming Women?". Interview with Clay Routledge, www.psychologytoday.com. September 4, 2016.

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• Of course, intersectionality theory is a confused muddle. It fights racism and sexism by classifying everyone according to race and sex. It views race and gender privilege as the root of all evil, while ignoring the role played by dogmatic ideologies held by all genders. And it is unfalsifiable - to its adherents, criticism and rejection of the theory actually demonstrate its truth, by showing how deeply we all have internalized our oppression.

  Christina Hoff Sommers

  Sex, Confused, Fighting

  "Is Modern Academic Feminism Harming Women?". Interview with Clay Routledge, www.psychologytoday.com. September 4, 2016.

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• When I think of the standing, the importance and the erudition of all these people who see nothing about racism in Heart of Darkness, I'm convinced that we must really be living in different worlds.

  Chinua Achebe

  Heart, Thinking, People

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• This is why I find racism impossible, because this is against humanity.

  Chinua Achebe

  Humanity, Impossible

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• It was just a wonderful experience, one for the memory book for sure. The sad thing about it was that the picture came under this absurd cloud of controversy. Here was a movie based on the central theme that racism is something that is taught, and it's illustrated by this story of a dog and the efforts of humans to re-train it after it had been trained to go after black people. And it created this ridiculous controversy and wound up being the last Hollywood movie that Sam [Fuller] made.

  Curtis Hanson

  Dog, Memories, Book

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think back to when I was growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1950s, during the [John] McCarthy era, with two parents who founded a Unitarian Church. We lived in a little frame house, and my bedroom was just down the hall from the kitchen. My favorite memories of childhood are of the smell of coffee wafting into my bedroom as my parents and their friends talked about the big, important things - about racism and about how to move our country to live its values.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Country, Growing Up, Memories

  Source: www.yesmagazine.org

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• There's more than just racism. There's ageism and sexism as well.

  Brandon Marshall

  Sexism, Wells, Ageism

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Science could never get you to make alcohol and tobacco legal and marijuana illegal. Only racism can do that.

  Maia Szalavitz

  Marijuana, Alcohol, Illegal

  Source: sojo.net

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• As for the European far left, it has very little to do with Marxism-Leninism these days. It has more to do with anti-Semitism, racism, anti-migration. They claim to be left-wing but they're espousing positions which would actually be classically brown.

  Toomas Hendrik Ilves

  Wings, Littles, Migration

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• We've got to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system.

  Hillary Clinton

  Justice, Criminals, Addresses

  "Presidential debate: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's first clash - full transcript". www.independent.co.uk. September 27, 2016.

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