“I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account.” PeopleWantTryingPersonsRealHelpingUseHandsPovertyRacismAccountsAngryAidsShouldersReal Person Author:Jamie Foxx
“At times I feel it almost impossible not to despond entirely of there ever being a better, brighter day for us. None but those who experience it can know what it is - this constant, galling sense of cruel injustice and wrong. I cannot help feeling it very often, - it intrudes upon my happiest moments, and spreads a dark, deep gloom over everything.” KnowsFeelsMomentsHelpingFeelingsDarkImpossibleRacismConstantInjusticeSpreadOppressionBrighterGloomBrighter Days Author:Charlotte Forten Grimke
“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
“I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago fighting for Civil Rights trying to desegregate schools in Chicago, who spent his whole life fighting against racism, I want your ideas. What do you think we can do? What can we do?” ThinkingWantLifeTryingYearsIdeasWholeHelpingSchoolFightingCan DoRightsHonestRacismYears AgoWhole LifeCivil RightsChicagoI Want YouArrestedAgainst Racism Author:Bernie Sanders
“I consider racism to be a medical problem. Racists need serious medical and psychiatric help, because they are killing themselves and making others suffer along with them.” NeedsHelpingProblemSufferingSeriousRacismKillingMedicalRacistPsychiatricMedical Problems Author:Ishmael Reed
“We had a Judeo-Christian ethic hanging around a couple thousand years that didn't help erase racism at all. So the notion of the little half-hour comedy changing things is something I think is silly.” ThinkingYearsLittlesHelpingChristianHoursHalfComedyCoupleThousandRacismEthicsNotionSillyThousand YearsEraseHalf HoursHanging AroundChristian Ethics Author:Norman Lear
“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
“Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud.” WorldHelpingTruthHumanityProudRacismDiscoverySouthCornersRacistSouth AfricaGlobesBe ProudRemakes Author:Oliver Tambo
“The struggle to end sexist oppression that focuses on destroying the cultural basis for such domination strengthens other liberation struggles. Individuals who fight for the eradication of sexism without struggles to end racism or classism undermine their own efforts. Individuals who fight for the eradication of racism or classism while supporting sexist oppression are helping to maintain the cultural basis of all forms of group oppression.” EndsHelpingFormFightingIndividualEffortStruggleGroupsRacismBasesOppressionLiberationSexismDestroyingDominationSexistClassism Book:Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center Source: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
“Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood.” MenNeedsMindKindHelpingIndividualFeltUnderstandingDarkHalfCreativeRacismPrejudiceDepthMythObjectivesAnalysisHeightRealmsTensionBrotherhoodBondageMajesticHalf TruthAppraisalGadfliesCreative Tension Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do the white woman's homework for her. That's an energy drain. More times than she cares to remember, Nellie Wong, Asian American feminist writer, has been called by white women wanting a list of Asian American women who can give readings or workshops. We are in danger of being reduced to purveyors of resource lists.” GivingHas BeensHelpingHandsCareRememberReadingEnergyWhiteDangerWillingRacismResourcesFeministListsMore TimeEducateAsianHomeworkDrainsWorkshopsWomen WantAmerican WomanAsian American Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa
“Tainting the Tea Party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There's no evidence that Tea Party adherence are any more racist than other Republicans and indeed many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats in November, having one's opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing joblessness.” ShouldHelpingWinningPartyMovementRepublicanProveRacismEvidenceStrategyDistanceDemocratTeaOpponentsCandidatesRacistJoblessnessNovemberDiscussingTea PartyPurgingTea Party Movement Author:Mary Frances Berry
“Being black only helps them. Many times they get sponsors because they are black. And they have had a lot of advantages because they can always say, 'It's racism.' They can always come back and say, 'Because we are this color, things happen.'” HelpingHappensBlackColorRacismAdvantageThings HappenSponsors Author:Martina Hingis
“You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help.” PeopleIfsWantI CanHelpingRacismSmokingCigaretteStop Smoking Author:Mario Balotelli
“Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart. Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon they begin to learn – and only from us. We keep racism alive. We pass it on to our children. We owe it to our children to help them keep their clean start.” KnowsHeartChildrenHelpingHateBornAliveBabyRacismOur ChildrenCleanClean Heart Author:Ruby Bridges
“Together we can make a change of the world. Together we can help to stop racism. Together we can help to stop prejudice. We can help the world live without fear. It's our only hope, without hope we are lost.” WorldHelpingTogetherLostRacismPrejudiceMaking ChangesWithout HopeTogether We CanLive Without Fear Author:Michael Jackson