“Racism serves as the cutting edge of the most reactionary movements. An ideology that starts by declaring one human being inferior to another is the slope whose end is at Auschwitz.” HumansEndsHuman BeingsCuttingMovementRacismEdgesIdeologyInferiorsReactionariesSlopesDeclaringCutting EdgeAuschwitz Author:Ken Livingstone
“When white and black meet today, sometimes there is a ready understanding that there has been an encounter between two human beings. But often there is only, or chiefly, an awareness that Two Colors are in the room.” HumansHas BeensTwoSometimesTodayUnderstandingBlackHuman BeingsWhiteRoomsAwarenessColorReadyRacismEncounters Book:Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks Source: Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
“At times we feel wounded, hurt, disappointed, disgusted, resentful, sick of it all. At other times we feel skeptical, outraged, robbed, beaten. We chafe, hate, overlook. Then again we feel like ignoring, defying and fighting for every right that belongs to us as human beings.” FeelsHumansHateFightingHurtHuman BeingsRacismSickDisappointedWoundedBeatenSkepticalOutragedDisgustedResentfulDefying Author:Nannie Helen Burroughs
“Racism is a form of insanity. Human beings became racist when they started talking. Speech has a lot to do with it.” HumansFormHuman BeingsTalkingSpeechRacismInsanityRacist Author:Paul Mooney