“Americans love to talk about the Constitution and how it protects the rights of every citizen and promises freedom to every citizen, but it's also a country based on racism and they don't talk about that too much and every time there's a film which deals with it there's certain parts of the country that feel uncomfortable.” FeelsCountryFilmCertainDealsToo MuchRightsCitizensPromiseProtectRacismConstitutionUncomfortable Author:Denzel Washington
“I think racism is a bottom-line AIDS issue. And I think homophobia is a bottom-line AIDS issue, and sexism and class issues and all of this. I think that we are not going to solve the AIDS epidemic unless we deal with these issues, and vice versa.” ThinkingLinesDealsClassIssuesRacismBottomVicesSolveAidsSexismBottom LineVice VersaEpidemicsHomophobiaAids Epidemic Author:Ann Northrop
“There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice.” StatesMovingFormForceUnitedDealsBehindsUnited StatesMovementRacismEvidencePrejudiceRacial PrejudiceResurgence Author:Shirley Chisholm
“One of the less dismaying aspects of race relations in the United States is that their improvement is not a matter of a few people having a great deal of courage. It is a matter of a great many people having just a little courage.” PeopleLittlesMatterStatesUnitedDealsRaceUnited StatesRacismAspectRelationImprovementGreat MenRace Relations Book:Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro Source: Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro
“I was never exposed to a great deal of racism, but the Chicago I grew up in was very, very segregated.” DealsGrewGrew UpRacismChicagoExposed Author:Don Cornelius
“Racism was just a tool to deal with frustration and pain and that people are in denial about the way we feel and desperately trying to control their environment the way their lives are. And ultimately their scapegoats aren't going to make them feel better, it's just going to increase hatred and the problem gets worse and worse.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingProblemPainDealsEnvironmentRacismToolsHatredIncreaseDenialFrustrationFeel BetterScapegoat Author:Matt Dillon