“Racism serves as the cutting edge of the most reactionary movements. An ideology that starts by declaring one human being inferior to another is the slope whose end is at Auschwitz.” HumansEndsHuman BeingsCuttingMovementRacismEdgesIdeologyInferiorsReactionariesSlopesDeclaringCutting EdgeAuschwitz Author:Ken Livingstone
“I don't feel that I've been hampered by [ racism or discrimination], and the reason why is that we reach out to people on the basis of where everyone meets, and try to build common cause on that basis. Because of that, I think we've cut through some of the issues that normally divide people.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingReasonCausesCommonIssuesCuttingRacismBasesDiscriminationReason WhyDividesReach Out Author:Keith Ellison
“White people are so unappreciative, they don't even acknowledge and understand what it means to be white in Canada, and all the layers of privilege that come with that. So they're shocked when somebody says, 'What just happened is racist,' and they said, 'Oh no, couldn't possibly be.' They see racism as people with KKK gowns and pointy hoods with eyes cut out. And we had those too.” PeopleMeanEyeCuttingRacismAcknowledgeRacistHood Author:Constance Backhouse
“My mom experienced racism. She was harassed by the KKK several times. And I experienced racism myself, growing up. In New Jersey, we had trash thrown on our lawn every day. And we had the lines to our Christmas lights cut three years in a row. We just stopped putting up Christmas lights after that. That's probably why I still don't put up any lights during the holidays.” Growing UpCuttingMomRacismMy MomHoliday Author:Aldis Hodge
“Racism is cruel and unjust. It cuts deep and lingers long in individual and community memories. And it is not a thing of the past....We all have a duty to do what we can to turn this around.” LongPastTurnsIndividualCommunityMemoriesCuttingDutyRacismUnjust Author:William Deane
“My work cuts through racial, class, geographic, and ethnic separations to directly connect to the heart, mind, and emotion with people.” PeopleMindHeartEmotionClassCuttingRacismSeparation Author:Lily Yeh
“Don't you know sugar is brown first? White folks couldn't stand the fact that something so sweet shared the same color as the people who cut the cane, slopped the hogs and picked the cotton. So they bleached it to resemble them, and now they done gone and fooled everybody. You included.” PeopleKnowsFirstsDoneFactsWhiteGoneCuttingColorSweetRacismFolksBrownSugarFooledCottonHog Book:Sugar: A Novel Source: Sugar: A Novel
“I have fought too hard and for too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. I've heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same-sex couples. Cut through the distractions, and they stink of the same fear, hatred and intolerance I have known in racism and in bigotry.” LongHardReasonSexRaceKnownCuttingHeardColorCoupleRacismHatredDiscriminationBigotryDistractionIntoleranceOpposingOrientationStinkRace And Color Author:John Lewis