“I think the truth is, we are all racist, really, when it comes down to it. I think all of us have to check ourselves from time to time, and say, 'Look, that sort of attitude isn't good enough.' It takes discipline to keep our prejudices out.” ThinkingLooksEnoughAttitudeDisciplineTruth IsPrejudiceChecksRacistGood Enough Author:Peter Hollingworth
“Political correctness is a concept invented by hard-rightwing forces to defend their right to be racist, to treat women in a degrading way and to be truly vile about gay people. They invent this idea of people who are politically correct, with a rigid, monstrous attitude to life so they can attack. But we have all had to learn to modify our language. That's all part of being a decent human being.” PeopleWayHumansIdeasHardPoliticalLanguageForceHuman BeingsAttitudeGayConceptsTreatsDecentRacistMonstrousPolitical CorrectnessGay PeopleCorrectnessPolitically CorrectDegrading Author:Clare Short
“Anger is an appropriate reaction to racist attitudes, as is fury when the actions arising from those attitudes do not change.” ActionAttitudeRacismAngerReactionsAppropriateRacistFury Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“Many people who are forced into emigration suffer and often die tragically; many of their rights are violated, they are obliged to separate from their families and, unfortunately, continue to be subjected to racist attitudes and xenophobia.” PeopleSufferingDiesAttitudeRightsRacistObligedXenophobiaEmigration Author:Pope Francis
“Does political correctness have a good side? Yes, it does, for it makes us re-examine attitudes, and that is always useful. The trouble is that, with all popular movements, the lunatic fringe so quickly ceases to be a fringe; the tail begins to wag the dog. For every woman or man who is quietly and sensibly using the idea to examine our assumptions, there are twenty rabble-rousers whose real motive is desire for power over others. The fact that they see themselves as antiracists or feminists or whatever does not make them any less rabble-rousers.” MenDoeIdeasRealPoliticalDesireSidesAttitudeTroubleDogMovementFeministCeaseMotiveAssumptionRacistTailsFringePolitical CorrectnessLunaticCorrectnessWagsAnti RacistPower Over OthersWag The DogDesire For Power Author:Doris Lessing
“Well, in fact if you look at the Trump voters, you take a look at their attitudes it's not all that different. In some respects they're similar. They're an older version of the Sanders people. So a lot of it is racist and you have that sort of thing, but if you look at their views on say health, education, and so on, it's kind of the same as Sanders.” PeopleIfsWellsLooksKindDifferentFactsViewsAttitudeTrumpVersionsRacistVotersHealth Education Author:Noam Chomsky
“That's a very privileged attitude and I think the ignorance is so strong there. When people say, "Oh please, I don't want to hear that conversation," it's because it makes them uncomfortable." But that's because they think it's all okay. If it was racist, I would move onto someone whose mind I could change, but it's mostly ignorance. So when someone says, "Oh, it doesn't matter," I not only make designers responsible but casting directors and modeling agencies for not pushing those other girls on to the designers.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantMindMatterMovingGirlStrongAttitudeIgnorancePleaseDirectorsConversationOkayResponsibleUncomfortableAgencyDesignerRacistPushingPrivilegedCastingModelingOther GirlCasting Directors Author:Bethann Hardison
“Many of them who belong to these countries that were former colonial powers have racist attitudes, but their racist attitude is never displayed to the degree that the America's attitude of racism is displayed. Never.” CountryAmericaAttitudeDegreesRacismFormerRacist Author:Malcolm X
“The racist rhetoric that extends all the way to the top of the AfD shows that one must assume that an attitude is prevalent - not just in the grassroots, but also among party leadership - that is not consistent with the basic values reflected in our constitution.” ValuesPartyAttitudeConstitutionAssumingConsistentRacistRhetoric Author:Martin Schulz
“The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family or in popular attitudes regarding abortion, crime, busing, and the school curriculum.” SchoolLeftAttitudeCrimeDefenseAbortionRacistBigotrySuperstitionsCurriculumSchool Curriculum Author:Christopher Lasch
“The attitude of the Democrat Party is that wherever there are Republicans they are so bad, they are so discriminatory, they are so racist, they're so bigoted, they're just such reprobates that we can't afford to let them have any say whatsoever in what's happening.” PartyAttitudeRepublicanHappeningsDemocratRacist Author:Rush Limbaugh