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“The main barrier between East and West today is that the white man is not willing to give up his superiority and the colored man is no longer willing to endure his inferiority.”

Men Giving Today White Willing Giving Up Racism West Endure East Barriers Superiority White Man Inferiority East And West

Author:Pearl S. Buck

“Racism is the dogma that one ethnic group is condemned by nature to congenital inferiority and another group is destined to congenital superiority.”

Groups Racism Dogma Superiority Destined Inferiority Ethnic Groups

Book:Race: Science and Politics

Source: Race: Science and Politics

“As someone who was gay bashed as a kid, I learned firsthand how a lot of people only feel good about themselves when they sense that someone or something is on a lower rung than they are. This inferiority complex drives racism and sexism as well as outdated attitudes about animals.”

People Feels Wells Kids Animal Attitude Gay Racism Complexes Feel Good Sexism Inferiority Outdated Inferiority Complex

Author:Dan Mathews

“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.”

Different Certain Race Racism Evidence Superiority Inferiority

Author:Carter G. Woodson

“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”

Lasts Nations Ready Pride Fool Proud Racism Resources Faults Teeth Miserable Folly Anti War Nails Be Proud Inferiority Patriotism And Nationalism

Book:Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays

Source: Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays

“The question of whether one alleges the Superiority or Inferiority of any given race is irrelevant; racism has only one psychological root: the racist's sense of his own Inferiority.”

Given Race Racism Roots Psychological Racist Superiority Irrelevant Inferiority

Book:The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

Source: The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

“The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe what white people say about you. Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure, does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity and fear.”

Life Fear Racism Bigotry Superiority Beliefs African Americans Race Relations Inferiority White People

Book:The Fire Next Time

Source: The Fire Next Time

“There is no reason for you to try to become like white people and there is no basis whatever for their impertinent assumption that they must accept you. The terrible thing, old buddy, is that you must accept them. And I mean that very seriously. You must accept them and accept them with love. For these innocent people have no other hope. They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which they do not understand; and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it. They have had to believe for many years, and for innumerable reasons, that black men are inferior to white men. Many of them, indeed, know better, but, as you will discover, people find it very difficult to act on what they know.”

Acceptance Racism Superiority African Americans Race Relations Inferiority White People

Book:The Fire Next Time

Source: The Fire Next Time