Best racism & long Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of twentieth-century racism...scholarship, propaganda, integration, national self-determination, human rights, cultural and economic separatism, politics, international communism, expatriation, third world solidarity.”

“Who's counting? It was, of course, the minority who were counting. It always is. Most of the women I know today would dearly like to use their fingers and toes for some activity more enthralling than counting. They have been counting for so long. But the peculiar problem of the new math is that every time we stop adding, somebody starts subtracting. At the very least (the advanced students will understand this) the rate of increase slows. ... The minority members of any group or profession have two answers: They can keep score or they can lose.”

Source: Making Sense

“There was not one cause for our internment, but many - a deep-seated racial prejudice working on top of fear, distrust, and greed. So how is one to say exactly where history begins or ends? It is all slow oscillations, curves, and waves which take so long to reveal themselves ... like watching a tree grow.”

Long Ends Grows Causes History Tree Racism Prejudice Greed Wave Distrust Curves Racial Prejudice Internment Oscillation

Book:Heart Mountain: A Novel

Source: Heart Mountain: A Novel

“Southerners are the more lonely and spiritually estranged, I think, because we have lived so long in an artificial social system that we insisted was natural and right and just - when all along we knew it wasn't.”

Thinking Long Social Natural Racism Lonely Artificial Social Systems Southerner

Author:Carson McCullers

“in race relations, the single gesture and the single individual are more often than not doomed to failure. Only the group and the long-term, undeviating policy make much headway. ... if you want to make the world a better place, the first thing you must accept is the fact that you cannot transcend your limitations as an individual.”

Source: Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro

“The lessons of the past suggest that racism and resentment against people of color will continue to flourish in America as long as the history that is taught transposes the heroes and the villains. That is the unspoken truth at the heart of the nation's racial divide.”

People Heart Long America Past Nations History Taught Color Hero Lessons Racism Divides Villain Resentment Unspoken Lessons Of The Past

Book:Lessons in Living

Source: Lessons in Living

“Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in the inner attitudes of men, but have long been institutionalized.”

Men Way Long Found Causes Attitude Racism Capitalism Misery Inhuman

Author:Jürgen Moltmann

“Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them.”

People Long White Color Racism Claims Denial Bias Racial Bias

Book:Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male

Source: Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male

“I'M HOPELESS, because I've lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen. I'm not surprised and at some point my little children are going to inherit the weight of being a minority and all that it entails.”

Children Littles Long Enough Happens Racism Weight Minorities Hopeless

Book:Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race. Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us.

Source: Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race. Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations that Divide Us.

“Still, it's clear that there are lots of people out there who are uncomfortable [about racism]. The Civil War was a long time ago but there are aspects of it that remain unsettled.”

People Long Stills War Clear Long Time Racism Aspect Uncomfortable Civil War Long Time Ago

Author:Randy Newman

“As long as you hate, there will be people to hate.”

People Long Hate Racism Forgiveness Hate People

Author:George Harrison

“All of you are aware of the tragic history of racism in America, but for a very long time, African-Americans and their white allies came together and they struggled and they stood up for justice and they stood up to lynching and they stood up to segregation and the stood up to a nation where African-Americans couldn't even vote in America.”

Long Together America Nations Justice White Long Time Racism Vote African American Tragic Allies Segregation Racism In America Stood Up Lynching

Author:Bernie Sanders

“There's racism and sexism and ageism and all sorts of idiocies. But bad news is not news. We've had bad news as a species for a long time. We've had slavery and human sacrifice and the holocaust and brutalities of such measure.”

Humans Long Sacrifice News Long Time Racism Slavery Species Sexism Holocaust Brutality Bad News Idiocy Ageism

Author:Maya Angelou

“Racism and prejudice exist there [at the National Film Board] like anywhere else. My history at the Board has not been easy. It's been a long walk.”

Long Film Easy Walks Racism Prejudice Boards Long Walks Racism And Prejudice

Author:Alanis Obomsawin

“For too long now, European football authorities have not taken the problem of racism in the game seriously and refuse to acknowledge how widespread the problem is.”

Long Problem Games Taken Football Authority Racism England Refuse Acknowledge

Author:Rio Ferdinand

“I am disappointed that after all of the struggles that we have had in this country for such a long time, trying to get through and beyond racism and bigotry and discrimination - I think it is sad. It just tells us the kind of work that we have to do as - as America, as a nation.”

Thinking Trying Kind Long Country America Nations Struggle Long Time Racism Discrimination Bigotry Disappointed I Am Disappointed

Author:Bernie Sanders

“The fact that there's a more open discussion about everything from feminism to racism ... I look at my two boys ... this is their future I'm talking about. When I'll be long gone, it'll be them and their kids. I know that sometimes the darkest times are followed by the lightest. Sometimes bad things have to happen for good things to happen. At the very worst, we're having very open discussions, discussions about things we didn't even know f-king existed. I talk to my friends about it and they are absolutely shocked. They didn't even know.”

Knows Looks Long Two Sometimes Facts Happens Kids Talking Boys Gone Feminism Worst Kings Racism My Friends Good Things Discussion Bad Things Shocked Darkest Times

Author:Michael Buble

“In America, we have struggled too much, too long as a country trying to overcome racism and sexism and homophobia. We cannot go back to a more discriminatory society.”

Trying Long Country America Too Much Racism Overcoming Sexism Homophobia

Author:Bernie Sanders

“There is a certain amount of racist behaviour, a certain amount of this mindset, in the darker recesses of every community. It needs to be called what it is, which is vile and hateful. It's starting a national conversation, which is probably long overdue. Because we do, as a country, have an awkward problem with a certain amount of racism in the hearts of I believe a small number of people, but I still believe we have to chase it out.”

People Believe Heart Long Country Problem I Believe Community Racism Mindset Racist Awkward Hateful I Still Believe

Author:Don Iveson

“As far Chicago, our city was designed with racism in mind, with neighborhoods segregated by expressways and train tracks. Even suburbs, like Highland Park, have long histories of barring Jewish and black people. That history that has always existed has come out of the shadows because of the social and political climate.”

People Mind Long Political Black Racism Shadow Train Track Neighborhood Black People

Author:Christian Picciolini

“In this cultural moment, many of us are feeling inadequate to solve societal problems - fascism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, the list goes on - and are unsure of how individuals can affect real change. We don't know what effect we will have on the current political climate as we strive to effect change. All large historical decision draw from a sea of smaller decisions. One never knows what will make the difference in the long run.”

Long Real Moments Feelings Problem Running Political Individual Decision Racism Historical Strive Fascism Misogyny Inadequate Homophobia Unsure

Author:Sabina Murray

“If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need for affirmative action programs. One of those conditions would be an economic policy that would create tight labor markets over long periods of time. Now does that mean that affirmative action is here only temporarily? I think the ultimate goal should be to remove it.”

Thinking Mean Long Action Difficult Goal Economic Policy Racism Program Labor Ultimate Stress Discouraging Affirmative Action Affirmative

Author:William Julius Wilson

“Women have been oppressed for so long in any industry, it just takes time for a shift to happen to create more equality in any field, but I feel like it's slowly happening now. It's just things don't change over night. It's the same for racism, homophobia, xenophobia etc. If you think back even just 15 years and see how different people's mentalities were then, think how much more progress and equality we cab reach in another 15 years.”

Thinking Long Different Night Progress Racism Mentality Take Time Oppressed Homophobia Cab

Author:Maya Jane Coles

“Racism does not have a good track record. It's been tried out for a long time and you'd think by now we'd want to put an end to it instead of putting it under new management.”

Thinking Want Long Doe Ends Records Long Time Racism Management Track Track Record

Author:Thomas Sowell

“The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most affected by racism. Too often, they face denial of basic rights such as access to quality health services and education. Such fundamental wrongs have a long and terrible history.”

“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.”

Long Past Turns Individual Community Memories Cutting Duty Racism Unjust

Author:William Deane

“I am obliged to confess that I do not regard the abolition of slavery as a means of warding off the struggle of the two races in the Southern states. The Negroes may long remain slaves without complaining; but if they are once raised to the level of freemen, they will soon revolt at being deprived of almost all their civil rights; and as they cannot become the equals of the whites, they will speedily show themselves as enemies.”

Source: Democracy in America

“As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process in sound. Jazz means working things out musically with other people. You have to listen to other musicians and play with them even if you don't agree with what they're playing. It teaches you the very opposite of racism and anti-Semitism. It teaches you that the world is big enough to accommodate us all.”

“The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens for equal rights, once a source of disunity and civil war, is now a point of pride for all Americans. We must never go back. There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country.”

“How long is this endless groveling before every cry of 'racism' going to continue before the whole country collectively throws up?”

Long Country Whole Cry Racism Endless Groveling

Author:Pat Buchanan

“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.”

Long Hard Reason Sex Race Known Cutting Heard Color Couple Racism Hatred Discrimination Bigotry Distraction Intolerance Opposing Orientation Stink Race And Color

Author:John Lewis

“Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion because it is built on a long history of injustices: racism, criminality, and the genocide of millions. Many people say it is insane to resist the system, but actually, it is insane not to.”

People Long Law Order Millions Security Racism Illusion Built Injustice Insane Disorder Genocide Law And Order Criminality

Book:Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience

Source: Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience

“When one group rules another, the relationship between the two is political. When such an arrangement is carried out over a long period of time it develops an ideology (feudalism, racism, etc.). All historical civilizations are patriarchies: their ideology is male supremacy.”

Long Two Political Groups Periods Civilization Racism Historical Males Ideology Etc Arrangements Patriarchy Supremacy Long Periods Of Time Feudalism

Author:Kate Millett

“Racism is a disease in society. We're all equal. I don't care what their colour is, or religion. Just as long as they're human beings they're my buddies.”

Humans Long Care Human Beings Equal Disease Racism Don't Care I Don't Care Colour Buddy

Author:Mandawuy Yunupingu

“Black racism is a myth created by whites to ease their guilt feelings. As long as whites can be assured that blacks are racists, they can find reasons to justify their own oppression of’ black people.”

Source: Black Theology and Black Power

“People of color have to do this work as a mater of everyday survival. And so long as they have to, who am I to act as if I have a choice in the matter? Especially when my future and that of my children in large part depends on the eradication of racism? There is no choice.”

People Ifs Children Long Matter Choices Justice Color Depends Survival Racism Social Justice Everyday My Children My Future

Author:Tim Wise

“As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.”

Way May Long Stills Existence Cases Modern Racism Slavery Discrimination Inequality Our Society Long Way

Author:Al Sharpton

“The Mormon mission to Africa, as to other dark-skinned parts of the world, was for a long time hobbled by the racism of the movement's scripture.”

World Long Dark Movement Long Time Racism Missions Scripture Dark Skinned

Author:James Fenton

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