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“There is bias and sexism everywhere, just like there are problems of racism and homophobia stemming from the whole notion that we're arranged in a hierarchy, that we're ranked rather than linked.”

Whole Problem Racism Notion Discrimination Sexism Bias Linked Hierarchy Homophobia

Author:Gloria Steinem

“the very notion of blindness about color constitutes an ideological confusion at best, and denial at its very worst.”

Worst Color Racism Notion Confusion Denial Blindness Ideological

Book:Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race

Source: Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race

“The notion that black folks have nothing to learn from scholarship that may reflect racial or racist biases is dangerous. It promotes closed-mindedness and a narrow understanding of knowledge to hold that "race" is such an overwhelming concept that it negates the validity of any insights contained in a work that may have some racist or sexist aspects.”

May Understanding Black Race Dangerous Racism Concepts Aspect Notion Folks Insight African American Racist Overwhelming Scholarship Validity Sexist

Author:Bell Hooks

“Assumptions that racism is more oppressive to black men than black women, then and now ... based on acceptance of patriarchal notions of masculinity.”

Men Black Acceptance Racism Notion Assumption Masculinity Black Women

Book:Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics

Source: Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics

“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.”

People Humans Certain Race Rights Racism Notion Human Rights Deny Enjoyment Colour Descent Ethnicity Universality Race Ethnicity

Author:Irene Khan

“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.”

Thinking Years Littles Helping Christian Hours Half Comedy Couple Thousand Racism Ethics Notion Silly Thousand Years Erase Half Hours Hanging Around Christian Ethics

Author:Norman Lear

“That notion that we're in the post-racism, post-sexism world is so not true.”

World Racism Notion Posts Sexism

Author:Margaret Cho

“Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.”

Wisdom Motivational Belief Wise Doors Words Of Wisdom Perception Racism Prejudice Notion Discrimination Optimistic Locks Preconceived Notions Perception Of The World Racism And Prejudice Discrimination And Racism Ending Racism

Author:Mary Browne

“The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred it replaces old prejudices with new one. It declares certain topics off-limits, certain expressions off-limits, even certain gestures off-limits. What began as a crusade for civility has soured into a cause of conflict and even censorship.”

“We do not believe in the notion of God's chosen people. We laugh at this people's fancies and weep over its misdeeds. To act as God's chosen people is not only stupid and arrogant, but a crime against humanity. We call it racism.”

People Believe Humanity Laughing Crime Stupid Racism Notion Chosen Fancy Over It Arrogant Crimes Against Humanity Misdeeds

Author:Jostein Gaarder

“The core of racism is the notion that the individual is meaningless and that membership in the collective - the race - is the source of his identity and value. ... The notion of 'diversity' entails exactly the same premises as racism - that one's ideas are determined by one's race and that the source of an individual's identity is his ethnic heritage.”

Ideas Values Individual Race Identity Source Diversity Racism Notion Determined Core Collectives Heritage Meaningless Premises Collectivism Membership

Author:Peter Schwartz

“Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage-the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterologic al traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry.”

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