“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
“The parallel between antifeminism and race prejudice is striking. The same underlying motives appear to be at work, namely fear, jealousy, feelings of insecurity, fear of economic competition, guilt feelings, and the like. Many of the leaders of the feminist movement in the nineteenth-century United States clearly understood the similarity of the motives at work in antifeminism and race discrimination and associated themselves with the anti slavery movement.” StatesFeelingsUnitedRaceLeaderUnited StatesEconomicCenturyMovementRacismUnderstoodPrejudiceSlaveryGuiltCompetitionFeministDiscriminationMotiveInsecuritySexismParallelsSimilarityNineteenth CenturyFeminist MovementAnti SlaveryGuilt FeelingsEconomic Competition Author:Ashley Montagu
“We live amid falling taboos. In our crowded little hour of history we have seen how the prejudice of religion no longer can bar the way to the White House. Some of you may live to see the day when the prejudice of sex no longer places the Presidency beyond the reach of a greatly gifted American lady. Long before them, I hope you will see a woman member of the Supreme Court of the United States. In Congress and in our State Legislatures we need more women to bring their sensitive experience to the shaping of our decisions.” WayNeedsMayLittlesLongStatesFallHousePoliticsSexWomenHoursWhiteDecisionUnitedUnited StatesMembersPrejudiceCourtCongressSupremeBarsSensitiveWhite HouseGiftedPresidencySupreme CourtCrowdedTabooLegislatureState Legislatures Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingStatesProblemDifficultCommunityUnitedUnited StatesPolicyDependsHatredPrejudiceSolveTerroristDialogueDiscussionCubaExtremistCuban Author:Fidel Castro
“The Republican front-runner, has made a name for himself in the last months by trafficking prejudice and paranoia. His latest insult is his call to stop all Muslims from entering the United States.” MadeStatesLastsNamesUnitedUnited StatesFrontsMonthsRepublicanPrejudiceInsultRunnersEnteringParanoiaTrafficking Author:Rachel Maddow
“Remember the attorney general is not a member of the president's staff. He's the attorney general of the United States. He's there to represent all of us, and it means all the laws have to be enforced fairly. And you can't bring your individual prejudices in there.” MeanStatesRememberLawIndividualPresidentUnitedUnited StatesMembersPrejudiceStaffAttorney Author:Patrick Leahy
“The response to war is to live like brothers and sisters. The response to injustice is to share. The response to despair is a limitless trust and hope. The response to prejudice and hatred is forgiveness. To work for community is to work for humanity. To work for peace is to work for a true political solution; it is to work for the Kingdom of God. It is to work to enable every one to live and taste the secret joys of the human person united to the eternal.” HumansPersonsWarPoliticalJoyHumanityCommunityUnitedSecretShareBrotherTasteDespairEternalSolutionsHatredPrejudiceResponseInjusticeKingdomsBrothers And SistersLimitlessKingdom Of God Author:Jean Vanier
“We turn now over the debate of the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero....The controversy has raised profound questions about religious tolerance and prejudice in the United States.” StatesTurnsReligiousUnitedUnited StatesPrejudiceProfoundRaisedDebateToleranceIslamicZeroControversyMosquesReligious ToleranceGround Zero Author:Christiane Amanpour
“I do not believe, given her past decisions and comments on the reasons to go to war in Iraq, that Dr. Rice will be able to represent the United States without a predetermined bias from the war.” BelieveWarStatesReasonAblePastGivenDecisionUnitedUnited StatesPrejudiceIraqCommentBiasDrsRicePredeterminedPast Decisions Author:Daniel Kahikina Akaka
“The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not be served in a restaurant. My father, mother, and I would try it occasionally. We would sit there, and the food would never come.” TryingPersonsStatesMotherFatherDarkWhiteUnitedUnited StatesPrejudiceRestaurantsFather Mother Author:Amar Bose
“You come to the United States not knowing what to expect. Then all your worst prejudices are confirmed.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesKnowingWorstPrejudiceNot Knowing Book:Daniel Martin Source: Daniel Martin