“I would get bullied a lot. You know, it was the '70s and '80s, so it was a lot of racism back then towards Indian people. And it wasn't actual hatred, it was just that blind, 'Let's pick on that guy.' You know, and you've got to figure that I was a very small kid. And I had a big mouth, so I'm sure that didn't help.” PeopleKnowsHelpingBigsKidsGuyFiguresRacismMouthsPicksHatredBlindIndian80sThat GuyBullied Author:Russell Peters
“One of the big mistakes they made in Europe is that the circumstances in which you most frequently read or hear the word "race" or "racism" in Europe applies to Muslims. Which is not a race. It is a religion. You can convert to this. You cannot convert your race. I could become a Muslim. I could not become a Chinese person or a black person. So they constantly use that in Europe.” PersonsMadeUseBigsBlackRaceMistakeCircumstancesRacismEuropeChineseBig MistakeBlack Person Author:Fran Lebowitz
“If you look hard enough, you can find race issues and racism in everything. I know people who say, 'See, I don't play pool 'cuz that's where the white ball chase the black ball off the table. So I prefer bowling, where the big black ball knock down the white pins with the red necks.'” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksHardEnoughPlayBigsBlackWhiteRaceIssuesRacismRedBallsTablesNecksPoolPinsBowlingCuzRace Issues Author:Chi McBride
“I was in Toronto when they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome. I was in the airport and there were these big snowboarder guys and they had white masks around their necks, and as soon as they saw me, they put their masks on. So I went "cough, cough, cough... You wanna egg rorr?” KnowsBigsGuyWhiteSawsRacismNecksMaskEggsSevereAirportsAsianSyndromesTorontoOutbreaksSars Author:Margaret Cho
“I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.” HumansHas BeensEnoughBigsAbleCertainViewsRaceRacismAspectRaisedFortunateBig Questions Author:Sidney Poitier
“We would solve a lot of huge problems that are causing massive suffering. Poverty, violence, homophobia, heterosexism, racism, the environment - all these things that are crippling us. We need big, bold, dangerous, crazy ideas to solve these problems. When failure is not an option, innovation and creativity are not options.” NeedsIdeasProblemBigsSufferingPovertyCreativityEnvironmentViolenceCrazyDangerousHugeRacismInnovationSolveMassiveHomophobiaCreativity And InnovationFailure Is Not An OptionCrazy Ideas Author:Brené Brown
“I think back to when I was growing up in Fort Worth, Texas, in the 1950s, during the [John] McCarthy era, with two parents who founded a Unitarian Church. We lived in a little frame house, and my bedroom was just down the hall from the kitchen. My favorite memories of childhood are of the smell of coffee wafting into my bedroom as my parents and their friends talked about the big, important things - about racism and about how to move our country to live its values.” ThinkingLittlesTwoImportantCountryBigsMovingValuesHouseParentChurchMemoriesGrowing UpGrowingChildhoodRacismImportant ThingsMy FavoriteSmellCoffeeOur CountryErasKitchenHallsTexasBedroomChildhood MemoriesFortsUnitarianFavorite MemoriesUnitarian ChurchFort Worth Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“We have to face up to systemic racism. We see it in jobs, we see it in education, we see it in housing. But let's be really clear; it's a big part of what we're facing in the criminal justice system.” BigsJobsFacesJusticeClearRacismCriminalsHousingJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Hillary Clinton
“Racism is very characteristic of imperialism and capitalism. Hate against me has a lot to do with racism. Because of my big mouth and curly hair. And I'm so proud to have this mouth and this hair, because it is African.” BigsHateHairProudRacismMouthsCapitalismCharacteristicsImperialismCurly Hair Author:Hugo Chavez
“As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process in sound. Jazz means working things out musically with other people. You have to listen to other musicians and play with them even if you don't agree with what they're playing. It teaches you the very opposite of racism and anti-Semitism. It teaches you that the world is big enough to accommodate us all.” PeopleIfsWorldMeanLongEnoughPlayBigsProcessSoundTeachDemocracyMusicianRacismOppositesAgreeJazzDemocraticCaptureAccommodateAnti SemitismDemocratic ProcessWorking Things Author:Wynton Marsalis
“The best cure for racism is to have somebody shoot at you. Man, it does not matter then what color the arse is that comes to save yours-black or white, you're ready to give it a big fat kiss.” MenGivingDoeMatterBigsBlackWhiteColorReadyKissingRacismFatsCuresBlack Or WhiteArses Author:Wilbur Smith
“Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.” BigsCausesRacismDamageLastingAccusationPlagiarism Author:Michel Houellebecq