“Americans love to talk about the Constitution and how it protects the rights of every citizen and promises freedom to every citizen, but it's also a country based on racism and they don't talk about that too much and every time there's a film which deals with it there's certain parts of the country that feel uncomfortable.” FeelsCountryFilmCertainDealsToo MuchRightsCitizensPromiseProtectRacismConstitutionUncomfortable Author:Denzel Washington
“Black folk, a lot of us lived as victims in a certain part of our history. And we had to really erase that tape. We're not victims. We are citizens.” CertainBlackCitizensRacismVictimFolksTapeErase Author:Dorothy Cotton
“For me white privilege has turned out to be an elusive and fugitive subject. The pressure to avoid it is great, for in facing it I must give up the myth of meritocracy. If these things are true, this is not such a free country; one's life is not what one makes it; many doors open for certain people through no virtues of their own.” PeopleIfsGivingCountryLife IsCertainWhiteVirtueDoorsSubjectsGiving UpRacismPressurePrivilegeMythElusiveWhite PrivilegeFugitiveMeritocracyFree Country Author:Peggy McIntosh
“I have experienced racism in this country. My children have experienced racism in this country. I wouldn't say America is against me. It is not an either/or proposition. But there are some people who hold fast to certain religious beliefs.” PeopleChildrenCountryAmericaCertainBeliefReligiousRacismMy ChildrenPropositionsReligious BeliefHold FastEither Or Author:James Peterson
“If you take racism away from certain people - I mean, vitriolic racism as well as the sort of social racist - if you take that away, they may have to face something really terrible, misery, self-misery, and deep pain about who they are.” PeopleIfsWellsMayMeanSelfPainFacesCertainSocialTerribleRacismMiseryRacistDeep Pain Author:Toni Morrison
“A certain number of people have to live their lives outdoors between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and a certain number of people can only leave their homes between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. So basically, public life has to be lived in these shifts, in order for everyone to fit on the streets because there's just no more room for any more infrastructure, any more highways. So it polarizes the community into day people and night people, and it becomes sort of a metaphor for racism and classism.” PeopleHomeNightCertainOrderCommunityRoomsNumbersStreetsFitRacismMetaphorHighwaysInfrastructurePublic LifeClassism Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Racism is an attack on the very notion of the universality of human rights. It systematically denies certain people the enjoyment of their full human rights because of their colour, race, ethnicity, descent or national origin.” PeopleHumansCertainRaceRightsRacismNotionHuman RightsDenyEnjoymentColourDescentEthnicityUniversalityRace Ethnicity Author:Irene Khan
“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
“You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.” FeelsLittlesShowsAmericaCertainBitsLittle BitRacismStartingEasePocketsRight TimeCosby Show Author:Adam McKay
“If anyone had told us in 1945 that there are certain battles we'll have to fight again we wouldn't have believed it. Racism, anti-Semitism, starvation of children and, who would have believed that? At least I was convinced then, naively, that at least something happened in history that, because of myself, certain things cannot happen again.” IfsChildrenHappensCertainFightingHappenedBattleRacismConvincedThings HappenStarvationAnti Semitism Author:Elie Wiesel
“Whites who otherwise were able to tolerate a black president, Obama, because on certain issues he appealed to them on substance, Trump was able to reach down into some of those same people and pull out this racism inside them.” PeopleAbleCertainBlackPresidentIssuesTrumpRacismSubstancePresident ObamaTolerate Author:Allan Nairn
“Even though I'm appalled when racism surfaces, and I personally don't agree with certain policy solutions and a lot of what they believe in, as someone who is very concerned about reinvigorating democracy the Tea Parties are an answer to what I asked for.” BelieveCertainAnswersPartyDemocracyPolicyRacismSolutionsConcernedAgreeSurfaceTeaTea Party Author:Naomi Wolf
“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
“The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess.” DifferentCertainRaceRacismEvidenceSuperiorityInferiority Author:Carter G. Woodson
“Things like racism are institutionalized. You might not know any bigots. You feel like "well I don't hate black people so I'm not a racist," but you benefit from racism. Just by the merit, the color of your skin. The opportunities that you have, you're privileged in ways that you might not even realize because you haven't been deprived of certain things. We need to talk about these things in order for them to change.” PeopleKnowsWayNeedsFeelsWellsMightCertainHateOrderOpportunityBlackRealizingHavensColorBenefitsRacismSkinsMeritRacistBlack PeoplePrivilegedDeprivedBigotsDon't HateInstitutional RacismBlack Racism Author:Dave Chappelle
“The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred it replaces old prejudices with new one. It declares certain topics off-limits, certain expressions off-limits, even certain gestures off-limits. What began as a crusade for civility has soured into a cause of conflict and even censorship.” PoliticalDesireCertainCausesLandMovementExpressionConflictLimitsRacismHatredPrejudiceNotionAriseSexismCensorshipGesturesTopicsControversyCivilityPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessCrusadesDebrisCauses Of Conflict Author:George H. W. Bush
“Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is that that's the kind of country that most people want, as well, and that we all have prejudice, we all have certain suspicions or stereotypes about people who are different from us, whether it's religious or racial or ethnic, but what I think I found in the American people, I think there's a core decency there, where if they take the time, if they get the time to know individuals, then they want to judge those individuals by their character.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantWellsKindDifferentCountryCharacterCertainFoundIndividualGoalReligiousRaceJudgingRacismPrejudiceCoreImpressionDividedSuspicionStereotypeDecency Author:Barack Obama
“Not only do we suffer from racism and sexism, but we also suffer from ageism. And that is that once you reach a certain age, you're not allowed to be adventurous, you're not allowed to be sexual and I think that's rather hideous. [...] I mean, is there a rule? Are you just supposed to die when you're 40?” MeanDoeAgeCertainSufferingDiesRacismSexismAdventurousAgeismArtistic Integrity Author:Madonna Ciccone
“If racism can't be shown to be natural then it is the result of certain conditions, and we are impelled to eliminate those conditions.” IfsCertainNaturalResultsRaceConditionsRacism Book:A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present Source: A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present