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“There is only one remedy for ignorance and thoughtlessness, and that is literacy. Millions and millions of children would today stand in no need of sex education or consumer education or anti-racism education or any of those fake educations, if they had had in the first place 'an' education.”

Ifs Needs Firsts Children Today Sex Education Millions Ignorance Racism Consumers Fake Remedy Literacy Anti Racism Sex Education Thoughtlessness

Author:Richard Mitchell

“Ignorance, arrogance, and racism have bloomed as Superior Knowledge in all too many universities.”

Education Ignorance Racism University Superiors Arrogance

Author:Alice Walker

“Racism does not diminish with brains, it's a disease, a sickness, it may incubate in ignorance but it doesn't necessarily disappear with the gaining of wisdom!”

May Doe Brain Ignorance Disease Racism Disappear Sickness Diminish

Author:Bryce Courtenay

“Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty, knowledge, and efficiency.”

White Knowledge One Thing Honesty Ignorance Racism South African American Merit Black People Efficiency Dishonesty Incompetence

Book:The Negro

Source: The Negro

“Fear and ignorance are the key roots to racism.”

Fear Ignorance Keys Racism Roots

Author:Timothy Long

“The thief who is in prison is not necessarily more dishonest than his fellows at large, but mostly one who, through ignorance or stupidity [or racism or poverty! - Draffan] steals in a way that is not customary. He snatches a loaf from the baker's counter and is promptly run into gaol. Another man snatches bread from the table of hundreds of widows and orphans and similar credulous souls who do not know the ways of company promoters; and, as likely as not, he is run into Parliament.”

“America is supposed to pride itself on freedom of religion, race, and class. It's something that is carried on from ignorance and territorialism. I don't know if it's a transcendental pre-colonial mentality but I don't see too many other races of people trippin' about who is coming in and coming out. I think it's primarily racism disguised as class wars.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows War America Race Class Ignorance Pride Racism Coming Out Mentality Transcendental Freedom Of Religion

Author:Myka 9

“Racism is nothing more than ignorance, we are in the dessert together at one time in our lives, we got segregated by peoples beliefs of what was true of what we have to have and don't have to have so for me it is all about education.”

Together Belief Our Lives Ignorance Racism One Time Dessert

Author:John Assaraf

“We are growing up. We are growing up! Out of the idiocies - the ignorances of racism and sexism and ageism and all those ignorances.”

Growing Up Growing Ignorance Racism Sexism Idiocy Ageism

Author:Maya Angelou

“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.”

People Ignorance Racism Election Hopeless Sexism Apathy Defeated

Author:Shepard Fairey

“Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity. Racism can, will, and must be defeated.”

Hands Ignorance Racism Prejudice Missions Tolerance Generosity Propaganda Isolation Bigotry Intolerance Defeated Racism And Prejudice Ignorance And Prejudice

Author:Kofi Annan

“Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children: organized religion ought to have a great deal on its conscience.”

Children Deals Ignorance Ought Racism Conscience Violent Organized Bigotry Irrational Hostile Inquiry Organized Religion Tribalism Contemptuous God Is Not Great

Book:God is Not Great

Source: God is Not Great

“Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.”

Mind Education Ignorance Disease Racism Educational Enthusiasm Discussion Bigotry Antidote Morbid Bigots Ending Racism

Book:Jefferson: Political Writings

Source: Jefferson: Political Writings

“I refuse to believe in a god who is the primary cause of conflict in the world, preaches racism, sexism, homophobia, and ignorance, and then sends me to hell if I'm 'bad'.”

Ifs World Believe Causes Religious Hell Atheism Ignorance Conflict Racism Atheist Refuse Primaries Sexism Agnostic Homophobia There Is No God There Being No God Causes Of Conflict

Author:Mark Fuhrman

“Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign. It does not flourish where there is ignorance and a lack of education and information.”

Wells Doe Education Poverty Information Ignorance Racism Educational Reign Literacy Deprivation Ending Poverty Lack Of Education

Author:Frederik Willem de Klerk