“As far Chicago, our city was designed with racism in mind, with neighborhoods segregated by expressways and train tracks. Even suburbs, like Highland Park, have long histories of barring Jewish and black people. That history that has always existed has come out of the shadows because of the social and political climate.” PeopleMindLongPoliticalBlackRacismShadowTrainTrackNeighborhoodBlack People Author:Christian Picciolini
“Really, when you get down to racism, in or out of the church, it's a heart issue. It's not a head issue. When we actually get to experience each other's ministry, and each other's struggle, and each other's pain, there's a much greater sensitivity.” HeartPainChurchStruggleRacismSensitivity Author:T. D. Jakes
“Barack Obama thinks this country is a crime. Obama thinks this country is a walking, living crime, the way it's treated poor people, minorities and so forth, and he wants to get even, he wants to get even with all those people that have engaged in this theft, discrimination, racism and be and so forth, he also wants to create a permanent underclass for the express purpose of making sure he's never out of office or the regime's party is never out of office.” PeopleThinkingCountryPurposePoorPartyCrimeWalkingOfficeRacismDiscriminationBarackPoor People Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I guess I don't have a candidate who makes my heart go pitter-patter the way I wish it would. I'm thinking, here's an African American candidate - yes! And here's a woman candidate - yes! Why can't I get behind either one of them? Don't tell me I have latent sexism or racism that I need to confront. I don't believe that. I think we are so burned by the current situation that we want somebody that it isn't possible to have. We want someone who definitely looks like the messiah.” ThinkingBelieveHeartWishSituationMy HeartRacismAfrican AmericanSexism Author:Sara Paretsky
“Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness.” ThinkingWayWantHumansPersonsOur LivesRacismRootsFundamentalsErrorsSelfishnessAbortionJustifyStemSymptomsPoisonousHuman Error Author:Alveda King
“Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.” WantMindBelieveHumansSelfLyingCertainHuman BeingsRacismSpringTreatsTreatedFalsehoodSelf CenteredAnti Racism Author:Alveda King
“Abortion and racism are evil twins, born of the same lie. Where racism now hides its face in public, abortion is accomplishing the goals of which racism only once dreamed. Together, abortionists are destroying humanity at large and the black community in particular.” TogetherFacesLyingHumanityEvilGoalBlackBornCommunityParticularRacismAbortionDestroyingTwinsSetting GoalsBlack Community Author:Alveda King
“Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals.” WayMayStillsGoneEconomicRacismGainsAdvantageRegardSlaveryFinancialExpensesPlantations Author:Alveda King
“Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit.” HumansFacesLyingHorrorRacismConscienceVictimInjusticeCommitPrisonerOppressorsFacing The TruthSearsHuman Equality Author:Alveda King
“Not every alt-right thinker or activist is a white nationalist, by far, but there's a sense that political correctness is a bigger problem than racism, and that racism is used as a cudgel for silencing.” ProblemPoliticalRacismActivistThinkerPolitical Correctness Author:David Weigel
“America doesn't exist in decline! America never has existed in decline, and people do not want to be told that the country that they live in now is in decline and to live it, learn it, and love it. And so they rejected it. So Van Jones goes out and he understands it's not racism - at least he says he understands. I'm gonna give him the benefit of the doubt. He says he understands. He hears... He listens to Trump's speech and he finally sees how other people are hearing it.” PeopleGivingCountryDoubtRacismRejectedBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Rush Limbaugh
“George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump. Take your pick. They are hated; they are not opposed, and I wish an even bigger percentage of the American people would figure this out. The American people are running around thinking that all the hate and the racism and all these other isms are located on the Republican Party side.” PeopleThinkingRunningHateWishPartyRepublicanRacismHatedRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In this cultural moment, many of us are feeling inadequate to solve societal problems - fascism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, the list goes on - and are unsure of how individuals can affect real change. We don't know what effect we will have on the current political climate as we strive to effect change. All large historical decision draw from a sea of smaller decisions. One never knows what will make the difference in the long run.” LongRealMomentsFeelingsProblemRunningPoliticalIndividualDecisionRacismHistoricalStriveFascismMisogynyInadequateHomophobiaUnsure Author:Sabina Murray
“Many European countries are fascinated with minorities from the United States. They still see this country as a world power and they covet that power...I was approached by a professor once at the Sorbonne in Paris and asked about racism in this country, and when I reflected on racism on the streets of Paris - you know, I'd be considered an Arab there -well, she didn't want to address that...It just goes to show it was easier for Europeans to study racism in the United States than it is from within the belly of the beast.” WorldCountryStudyRacismBeast Author:Ana Castillo
“Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.” PeopleFormHumanityGroupsRacismDignityDenyRacistBigotryHomophobiaAnti SemitismPersonhoodLarge Groups Author:Coretta Scott King
“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.” BelieveHumansI BelieveResponsibilityRightsRacismPrejudiceHuman RightsToleranceRacistBigotryBlack HistoryOrientationLove And ResponsibilityEnding Racism Author:Coretta Scott King
“If people in Indonesia look 'different', they are afraid. Racist insults fly if someone does not look like part of the majority. Indonesia is one of the most racist countries on earth, and it has proven it during several of the genocides that have taken place here. But there is no perception, no clue, and no understanding of what racism actually is. And there is zero self-criticism.” PeopleCountryEarthUnderstandingTakenPerceptionRacismInsultRacistGenocideClue Author:Andre Vltchek
“Music documentaries are hard to tell, but I think they're an amazing vehicle to look at racism, our attitude to sex, the way we judge drugs. There's the ability to get a big audience because of these incredible, iconic, charismatic people. You can look at a number of issues - the challenge is to make sure you choose something that has all those issues. Popular music is like a mirror of culture, of who we are.” PeopleThinkingCultureChallengesAbilityAttitudeAudienceJudgingDrugMusic IsRacismIncrediblesYou ChooseVehicleIconicCharismaticPopular Music Author:Nick Broomfield
“Any racism or barriers that may be put up, you get a tremendous sense of resistance. The more you push me, the greater I am. You can't hold me down. And the church helped me do that. My family helped that. The whole issue of struggle is critical in my life. Resistance, finding ways to resist. That does not mean you do somebody in to get it. No, it means finding ways to be human in what you do, but making sure that you get it done.” MeanDoneChurchStruggleRacismMy FamilyBarriersHold Me Author:Cecil Williams
“330,000 members of the Fraternal Order of Police see Trump's commitment to law and order. But they also - they also hear the bad mouthing, the bad mouthing that comes from people that seize upon tragedy in the wake of police action shootings as - as a reason to - to use a broad brush to accuse law enforcement of - of implicit bias or institutional racism. And that really has got to stop.” PeopleReasonActionRacismCommitmentTragedyPoliceBiasLaw EnforcementLaw And Order Author:Mike Pence
“I worked when I was Congress on a second chance act. We have got to do a better job recognizing and correcting the errors in the system that do reflect on institutional bias in criminal justice. But what - what - what Donald Trump and I are saying is let's not have the reflex of assuming the worst of men and women in law enforcement. We truly do believe that law enforcement is not a force for racism or division in our country.” MenBelieveCountryJusticeChanceWorstRacismMen And WomenAssumingBiasLaw EnforcementSecond ChanceCriminal Justice Author:Mike Pence
“The racism in South Asia is the most specific racism in the world. It's like racism against a slightly different language group. It's like micro-racism.” WorldDifferentLanguageRacism Author:Riz Ahmed
“I think that we need to have an honest conversation in this country. This idea that somehow we're beyond sexism, beyond racism is just wrong. And this is where having an honest conversation with white men about their issues and their concerns, and having honest conversations about the experiences that African-Americans are still having, despite who's the president of the United States, in the criminal justice system that we see in sentencing, we see in policing and a lot of these issues.” ThinkingMenCountryPresidentJusticeHonestRacismConcernSexismJustice SystemCriminal Justice Author:Cory Booker
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” ChildrenLittlesCharacterDreamNationsJusticeFourTeachingIdentityColorKingsIntegrityOne DaySpeechDiversityRacismSkinsHuman RightsConservativeEqualitySillyDiscriminationAfrican AmericanHypocrisyBlack PeopleJudgedAmerican DreamDiverseAmerican HistorySentimentalGood CharacterI Had A DreamUnity In DiversityOregonSkin ColorEquality And JusticeBeing EqualHappy ChildrenIntegrity And CharacterIntegrity CharacterEquality Of PeopleEquality For AllI Have A Dream SpeechKings SpeechAnti RacistKings And LoveBeing JudgedGood KingsSocial EqualityPeaceful ProtestSlave OwnersInjustice And OppressionAnti DiscriminationBlack SkinRacism And PrejudiceDark SkinnedJustice EqualityJudge Of CharacterTolerance And DiversityBrown SkinMarch On WashingtonPolitical EqualityRace And ColorDefects Of CharacterTrue EqualityAfrican RacePreschool Children Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” LifeWisdomMotivationalTogetherExistenceHistoryLearningGreatnessBrotherFoolKingsDiversityRacismRespectLaborPhilosophicalUnityEqualityCaringBrilliantToleranceCivil RightsLive LifeMy BrotherIslamicSelf RespectPearls Of WisdomBrotherhoodSolidarityFoolishnessTogethernessRespecting OthersTeam BuildingPeace And JusticeLove And RespectMulticulturalUnity In DiversityAntithesisGreat RespectLiving TogetherLabor DayBeing TogetherPerishingLove RespectRepublic DayFools And WiseWorld ReligionsI Have A Dream SpeechKings SpeechKings And LoveLabour DayHappy Labor DayPeace And ToleranceTolerance And RespectPeace And UnityLearning From OthersCute BrotherLabour Day WeekendFunny Labor DayHuman DiversityAfrican American Civil RightsTolerance And DiversityBrotherhood And PeaceOther People's Actions Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” LoveBelieveWarRealityTruthFaithHumanityI BelievePeaceBlackFreedomViewsAcceptingMankindHuman NatureMonthsKingsRacismFinalsWordsBoundsRefuseI Believe InOptimisticPeacefulAfrican AmericanTragicUnconditional LoveBrotherhoodAmerican DreamMidnightUnconditionalBlack HistoryBrightnessPeace WarPeace And LoveBeliveRacial DiscriminationBlack History MonthUnarmedInternational PeaceBlack History Month InspirationalBrotherhood Of ManUnconditional AcceptanceKings SpeechFinal WordsWorld Peace DayDaybreakKings And LoveBlack History InspirationalBlack ChurchAfrican American LoveBlack InspirationalBlack RacismPeace With OthersRacism And PrejudiceDiscrimination And RacismEnding RacismFlotsamBrotherhood And PeaceTruth Will PrevailTrue Brotherhood Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There are places and spaces for black writers to write about race as a central thing. It's important. We're still dealing with the remnants of slavery. We're still dealing with racism on a daily basis. For me, I choose to write books about black people where we are normal. I was raised to believe that I deserve to be in a room just like anybody else. I try to write books like that.” PeopleWritingTryingBelieveImportantBookBlackRacismDeserveSlaveryBlack People Author:Kwame Alexander
“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.” DreamAbleTogetherSonKingsOne DayRacismRedTablesSlaveEqualityFormerHillsOwnersBrotherhoodAmerican DreamGeorgiaI Had A DreamBe A SlaveEquality And JusticeEquality Of PeopleI Have A Dream SpeechGood KingsSlave OwnersAbolition Of SlaveryJustice EqualityMarch On WashingtonMasters And SlavesSitting Together Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Racial problems can't be easily reconciled with a pat account about racism and discrimination that lets us sort of relax into saying when we finally get this right, when we get rid of racism, when we reach the post-racial society, everything is going to be okay. Well, no, because along the way here, as we've not yet been in this racial nirvana, facts on the ground have been created.” ProblemRacismOkayDiscriminationRelax Author:Glenn Loury
“I would say that, you know, being Jewish, what has been most significant in my life is understanding what a Hitler - what horrible politics can mean to people and I think that's been one of the motivating factors in my life in fighting against racism and bigotry of all kinds because when it gets out of hand, as we have seen and we are, you know - it's obviously has unbelievable repercussions.” PeopleThinkingKindMeanFightingUnderstandingRacismSignificantHorribleAll KindsBigotryUnbelievable Author:Bernie Sanders
“I live in a pretty liberal place, so it's a lot of hidden racism and things like that. If you really look up California, it's a really shitty place when it comes to things like that. So I think it will just take time. Old people have to die. Once the generation right under my Mom dies, we'll be fine.” PeopleThinkingMomRacismMy MomLook UpTake TimeOld People Author:Vince Staples
“You have to talk about the issue of race, but I can talk to white constituents about racism, if I at least acknowledge that life is not a crystal stair for them either.” RacismAcknowledge Author:Keith Ellison
“I'm a believer of destiny and I believe I'm destiny's child. I've seen the highs and I've seen the lows and I believe things happen for a reason and always for the best. Maybe this was all meant to be and maybe Big Brother worked as a catalyst in a bigger issue like racism, which was important to be broached. Maybe it had to happen this way and I'm glad that I could help it.” BelieveChildrenImportantReasonHelpingI BelieveDestinyBrotherRacismBelieverGladThings HappenMeant To Be Author:Shilpa Shetty
“Donald Trump's opponents believe are governing illegal immigration, the racism and so forth that they believe is why Trump wants to build a wall, because the nation is racist. The people that want to end illegal immigration, according to these idiots, are racists and bigots. They couldn't see they are way clear to understand that illegal immigration wasn't being talked about.” PeopleBelieveWallRacismImmigrationIdiotRacistIllegal Immigration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Maybe that's one of the virtues of the 2016 election that we're going through is all of this racism and xenophobia and sexism and whatever else you want to say is being exposed, maybe that's a blessing. I'm trying to look at the positive side of what's been happening in our country, which is frightening.” TryingCountryVirtueBlessingRacismElectionSexismFrightening Author:Annette Bening
“Sometimes, recently Israeli-Palestinian conflict is indeed a clash between wrong and wrong. It is not as simple as fascism was. Every decent man had to be against fascism, period. It is not as simple as apartheid or colonialism or racism or misogyny. It is not simple because the Palestinians have no other land. They are absolutely right about this. The Israeli Jews also have no other land and they are absolutely right about this. It is a tragedy of two peoples claiming the same very small country, about the size of New Jersey.” MenCountrySometimesSimpleConflictRacismTragedyJewDecentFascismPalestinianMisogynyIsraeliClashApartheid Author:Amos Oz
“Racism should be viewed as an intervening variable. You give me a set of conditions and I can produce racism in any society. You give me a different set of conditions and I can reduce racism. You give me a situation where there are a sufficient number of social resources so people don't have to compete for those resources, and I will show you a society where racism is held in check.” PeopleGivingDifferentSituationRacism Author:William Julius Wilson
“If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need for affirmative action programs. One of those conditions would be an economic policy that would create tight labor markets over long periods of time. Now does that mean that affirmative action is here only temporarily? I think the ultimate goal should be to remove it.” ThinkingMeanLongActionDifficultGoalEconomicPolicyRacismProgramLaborUltimateStressDiscouragingAffirmative ActionAffirmative Author:William Julius Wilson
“Racists are not born, they are raised. Isolation is the breeding ground for racism. The more you come to know the world around you and people different than you the less likely you will become an extremist. The Church needs to bring the world together.” PeopleWorldDifferentTogetherChurchRacismIsolationRacistExtremist Author:Erwin McManus
“The Democrats, the longer they talk about identity politics, I got 'em. I want them to talk about racism every day. If the left is focused on race and identity, and we go with economic nationalism, we can crush the Democrats.” EconomicIdentityRacismDemocratFocusedCrushNationalism Author:Stephen K. Bannon
“The violence inherent in our systems and structures of power is a part of who we are - our thoughts, sensibilities, imaginations, language. We live in manifestations of it - permanent war, environmental destrucution, poverty, racism, misogyny, the assault on labor, torture in our prisons, capital punishment - a corporate capitalist state controlled by oligarchical interests for their own private profit and gain.” WarLanguageInterestImaginationPovertyViolenceRacismLaborPrisonEnvironmentalManifestationTortureCapitalistSensibilityMisogynyCapital Punishment Author:Lawrence Joseph
“Actually I'm more culturally Muslim than religiously but being Muslim is an important part of my identity. As Muslim, I feel it's important to counter any form of bigotry, be it anti-Semitism, homophobia, racism, etc. These forms of hate share a common denominator of misinformation and intentional fear mongering.” ImportantHateCommonShareIdentityRacismBigotryHomophobiaMisinformation Author:Aasif Mandvi
“We couldn't have known - who could've predicted what happened in American politics in the 2016? The rise of racism again, or the peeling back of the onion and seeing racism again, was a bit of a surprise in the last couple years.” CoupleRacismSurprise Author:George Pelecanos
“In Baltimore they can't do police work to save their lives. Now because of Freddie Gray they're not even getting out of the car and policing corners - they're on a job slowdown, basically. Right now if the police stopped being brutal, if we got police shooting under control, and the use of excessive force, if we have a meaningful societal response to all that stuff, and the racism that underlies it, the question still remains: what are they policing, and why?” CarRacismPoliceResponseMeaningfulBrutal Author:David Simon
“It's bizarre: I've tried to understand why people are into Trump. I really don't think I can. I don't think it's as simple as just racism. I do think there's a fear that white people have, even if they don't have a vicious desire to do harm to black people, they fear losing their top spot.” PeopleThinkingDesireBlackSimpleLosingRacismBlack PeopleBizarre Author:Mary Gaitskill
“Racism in America absolutely exists - it is an issue. We need to fix it. We're a great country - probably the greatest country but we could be a hell of a lot greater.” CountryHellRacismGreat Country Author:Spike Lee
“I encountered Newton when I was growing up, and it has kind of made me who I am, although I came to love Boston. It's a complicated city. Some of the smartest people in the world are in Boston. How many institutions of higher learning are in that one area? It's a pool of intelligence. It's a great town. You can encounter racism anywhere. I have a lot of nostalgic feelings about Boston. It was a cool place to grow up.” PeopleWorldKindFeelingsGrowing UpRacismComplicatedPoolNewtonNostalgic Author:Kasi Lemmons
“The great thing about 2017 is that, because of the terrible political state that we're in and that America is in, young people are so vocal at the moment about so many issues, from racism to LGBT rights to beyond. I feel like - especially when I look at my fan-base - people are so vocal about their opinions and so vocal about spreading love. That's really important, and I think it's really amazing that people are talking about that. I just want that to keep happening.” PeopleThinkingImportantMomentsPoliticalOpinionTerribleRacismGreat ThingsLgbtReally Amazing Author:Charli XCX
“Women have been oppressed for so long in any industry, it just takes time for a shift to happen to create more equality in any field, but I feel like it's slowly happening now. It's just things don't change over night. It's the same for racism, homophobia, xenophobia etc. If you think back even just 15 years and see how different people's mentalities were then, think how much more progress and equality we cab reach in another 15 years.” ThinkingLongDifferentNightProgressRacismMentalityTake TimeOppressedHomophobiaCab Author:Maya Jane Coles
“We must continue to insist to our better off brothers and sisters that they are in the same racial boat as their less better off kin. Even elevated class status and superior financial standing cannot ward off the effects and consequences of racism.” BrotherRacismConsequenceFinancialBoatBrothers And Sisters Author:Michael Eric Dyson