“Just as we reject racism, sexism, ageism, and heterosexism, we reject speciesism. The species of a sentient being is no more reason to deny the protection of this basic right than race, sex, age, or sexual orientation is a reason to deny membership in the human moral community to other humans.” HumansReasonAgeSexCommunityRaceMoralRacismSpeciesDenyProtectionRejectsSexismOrientationMembershipSentient BeingsAgeismSpeciesism Author:Gary L. Francione
“We live surrounded by white images, and white in this world is synonymous with the good, light, beauty, success, so that, despite ourselves sometimes, we run after that whiteness and deny our darkness, which has been made into the symbol of all that is evil and inferior.” WorldHas BeensMadeSometimesLightRunningEvilWhiteDarknessThis WorldRacismDenyDespiteSymbolsInferiorsWhitenessWhite Privilege Book:Reena and Other Stories Source: Reena and Other Stories
“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
“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
“Racism is if there are spectators or, outside the field of play, there are movements to discrimination, but, on the field of play, I deny that there is racism.” IfsPlayMovementFieldsRacismDenyDiscriminationSpectators Author:Sepp Blatter
“Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.” PeopleHumansIdeasHumanityRacismConscienceTreatsDenySuperiorsInferiorsApartheidBlightAnti RacistAnti Discrimination Book:Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations