Quotessence
Home / Topics / Racism And Culture Quotes

Racism And Culture Quotes

Browse 85 quotes about Racism And Culture.

Racism And Culture Quotes

“What writer Audre Lorde says to black men and women is true for all of us: "If we do not define ourselves, we will be defined by others for their use and to our detriment." Our country and perhaps all human history is a pattern of oppression, repression, suppression, subjugation. Racism is part of our heritage, reminding us that not all aspects of a culture should be preserved.”

Racism And CultureAudre LordeNepantlaPat Mora
Book:Nepantla: Essays from the Land in the Middle
Create image

“It's not the fact that some people disagree with the protests. That is as much a right as the protests themselves. It is the hateful, profane, condescending way some have expressed their discontent that baffles me. How do you criticize actions you've deemed disrespectful and divisive and an affront to civilized behavior with rhetoric to the same end? That's like the devil judging the Grim Reaper for harvesting souls.”

RacismRacistRacism In AmericaCarlos WallaceRace And Racism In AmericaRacial DiscriminationRacism And CultureRacism Quote
Author:Carlos Wallace
Create image

“The majority of the foreign workers who lived here were Mohammedans, still deeply traditionalist in their attitude toward the female body, and who tended to regard her revealing outfit as either an impertinence or an invitation. [...] — We're insulting them. We're behaving like racists. Walking around here like a pair of voyeurs, like visitors to a zoo... [...] — I simply don't understand. — Can you see how they are looking at you? — No. Besides, it's you they are looking at, more than me. — That's it exactly. It's their way. — Their way of what? Would you explain to me, for the love of heaven, what's going on here? What's bothering you? I stopped short. — Don't you know what racism is? — But... — Racism is when it doesn't count. When they don't count. When one can do anything with them, it doesn't matter what , because they are not people like us. Do you see? Not our kind. When we can make use of them as we please, without losing face, dignity, honor. Without embarrassment, without making a moral judgement - that's it. When we can make them do no matter what degrading work, service, because their opinion of us doesn't count, because it cannot tarnish us. That's what racism is.”

RacismNeglectDisrespectRacism And Culture
Book:Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable
Create image

“Black Diamonds Black gemstones pillaged from Mother Earth and mined from Kemet, Crystallized into rare gems under centuries of pressure. Yet, clarity remains pure under the brutal heat of history And the alluvial mining along the coastlines of black beaches. Whitewashing while extracting Nubian gems from sable sands, Twelve million carats separated from the soil of black lands.”

PrejudiceRacism In AmericaRacism And CultureBlack ExcellenceBlack People In America
Book:Black Lives, Lines, and Lyrics
Create image

“His view of life has darkened since Mr. Banerji returned to India. There is some obscurity around this: it is not talked of much. My mother says he was homesick, and hints at a nervous breakdown, but there was more to it than that. “They wouldn’t promote him,” says my father. There’s a lot behind they (not we), and wouldn’t (not didn’t). “He wasn’t properly appreciated.” I think I know what this means. My father’s view of human nature has always been bleak, but scientists were excluded from it, and now they aren’t. He feels betrayed.”

HumanityRacism And Culture
Book:Cat’s Eye
Create image

“Our botanist plucked the flowers and named them after himself. And my new husband swept aside all the offerings to the dead and set up his telescope on the altar, because the offering was clear of trees and he wanted the best vantage into the skies. When one of the islanders protested, and tried to push George away, Captain Lateshaw had the man flogged. Because order had to be maintained”

ScienceRacismRacism And Culture
Book:The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
Create image

“We still tiptoe around having an honest discussion about what it really means to exist while Black in this country. All lives can’t matter if Black lives don’t matter. Demanding equality and equity isn’t radicalism. This is realism. We make these demands because the Constitution isn’t an accurate reflection of Black life in this country. If liberty escapes few, it escapes all.”

Black And WhiteBlack Lives MatterRace RelationsRacism In AmericaRacism And CultureBlack Lives Matter Racism
Book:Black Lives, Lines, and Lyrics
Create image

“Von ihrer Familie entfremdet und schwanger von einem Mann, mit dem sie nicht gesehen werden durfte, war sie auf sich allein gestellt. Sie kam in den Kreißsaal, die Ärzte schnitten ihr den Bauch auf, griffen hinein und holten ein halb weißes, halb schwarzes Kind hervor, das gegen eine Reihe von Gesetzen, Statuten und Vorschriften verstieß - ich wurde schon als Verbrechen geboren. - S. 40”

Racism And Culture
Book:Born A Crime Stories from a South African Childhood / Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race / Natives Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
Create image

“An der H. A. Jack School erkannte ich, dass ich schwarz war. Vor meinem Erlebnis im Pausenhof hatte ich mich nie entscheiden müssen, doch als ich dazu gezwungen wurde, entschied ich mich für schwarz. Die Welt betrachtete mich als farbig, aber ich verbrachte mein Leben nicht damit, mich selbst zu betrachten. Ich betrachtete andere Menschen. Ich sah mich so, wie ich die anderen Menschen um mich herum sah, und diese Menschen waren schwarz. - S. 77”

Racism And Culture
Book:Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Create image

“Melanin Maniacs (The Sonnet) White guy writes a couple of sonnets and plays, And he is idolized as an olympian deity. Colored guy smashes the paradigm to ashes, And it warrants absolute unacceptability. Apparently, greatness is only greatness, If it can be credited to a caucasian. Otherwise they only end up pondering, What's the deal with this non-white person! It's a sad, sad world we live in, All the advancement is on the outside. Inside we are dumber than Donald Duck, Which has ruined all hope for real insight. Enough of this obsession with white aphrodisiacs! It's time to act as humans, and not melanin maniacs.”

Systemic RacismSkin ColorRacism And CultureWhitewashGenius WritersColorismWhitewashingWhite Supremacy SyndromePerson Of ColourRacism Poetry
Book:Corazon Calamidad: Obedient to None, Oppressive to None
Create image

“Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.”

HateSilencePowerRacismPrivilegeOppressionPropagandaRacistLgbtLgbtqSpinningPolitical CorrectnessRacism In AmericaHomophobiaGay RightsBiasedPolitically CorrectRacism QuotesBiasesLgbt QuotesHomophobicLgbt RightsRacism And CultureSilencingHatred QuotesSilence QuotePrivilegesPropaganda QuotesRacism QuotePolitically IncorrectSpinOppression QuotesPolitically Correct CultureSilencing DissentBiased OpinionSilencing OthersPolitical CorrectPolitical SpinsUnearned Blessings
Author:DaShanne Stokes
Create image