“I think there are so many children being brought up in some form of violence, be it violence of poverty or sexism or racism or homophobia or transphobia. That violence takes a life to transform or overcome. I don't think people should be spending their lives dealing with that. I think people should be thriving, playing, creating, evolving.” PeopleThinkingShouldChildrenFormPovertyViolenceCreatingRacismOvercomingSpendingEvolveSexismHomophobia Author:Eve Ensler
“We must overcome...all forms of racism. The problem of intolerance should be dealt with as a whole: every time a minority is persecuted and marginalized...the good of the whole society is in danger.” ShouldWholeProblemFormDangerRacismOvercomingMinoritiesIntolerancePersecutedMarginalized Author:Pope Francis
“The black conservative is responsible for making people question an idea that racism must be extinct before black people can overcome. Understanding that our goal is to thrive despite racism rather than fetishizing it is, in fact, the central ideological plank of people deemed "black conservatives." This is a coherent position, but that can be hard to perceive, given the way that race has been discussed in our land over the past 40 years or so.” PeopleWayYearsHas BeensIdeasHardFactsPastGivenUnderstandingGoalBlackRaceLandPositionRacismOvercomingResponsibleConservativeDespitePerceiveThriveBlack PeopleIdeologicalOver The Past Author:John H. McWhorter
“Fear is created which can lead to racism. However, we can overcome that fear through trust.” RacismOvercoming Author:Tariq Ramadan
“In America, we have struggled too much, too long as a country trying to overcome racism and sexism and homophobia. We cannot go back to a more discriminatory society.” TryingLongCountryAmericaToo MuchRacismOvercomingSexismHomophobia Author:Bernie Sanders
“We know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until we learn to assimilate and learn about other cultures, we will continue to have racism problems. Of course, there are other '-isms' as our ills. We have sexism, ageism, elitism, homophobia-ism, there are many -isms we have to overcome.” KnowsProblemCultureCoursesBlackWhiteRacismOvercomingLatinSexismPotAsianMeltingHomophobiaIsmsOther CulturesElitismBlack WhiteMelting PotAgeism Author:Octavia Spencer
“Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” ChildrenStillsPowerfulRacismOvercomingOur ChildrenHopefullyRacist Author:Rosa Parks
“Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream.” YearsHardDreamSpeakChallengesGenerationsEconomicRacismOvercomingPursuitThemeBarriersRacistHardshipAmerican DreamAsianPacificFestivities Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard
“An intensive human rights education for all communities needs to be provided to overcome the old prejudices.” NeedsHumansCommunityRightsRacismOvercomingPrejudiceHuman RightsEducation For All Author:Ruth Manorama
“We need to realize that we have a role to play in overcoming our own discrimination which is sometimes very subtly held.” NeedsSometimesPlayRealizingRolesRacismOvercomingDiscrimination Author:Samuel Ruiz