“To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But all too often, the unconscious racism of white activists stands in the way of any effective, worthwhile collaboration. The Challenging White Supremacy Workshop is the most powerful tool that I have seen for removing the barriers to true partnerships between people of color and white folks. If the CWS trainings were mandatory for all white activists, the progressive movement in the United States would be unstoppable.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsStatesProblemWould BeAbleForceSocialChallengesWhiteUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesCenturyMovementColorRacismTrainingToolsEnvironmentalFolksSolveUnconsciousBarriersMost PowerfulProgressiveActivistCollaborationWorthwhilePartnershipWhite SupremacyWorkshopsSupremacyUnstoppableEnvironmental ProblemsProgressive Movement Author:Van Jones
“The problem is there are people in this country - maybe 10%, I don't know what the number, maybe 20% on a bad day - who want this President to have an asterisk next to his name in the history books, that he really wasn't President....They can't stand the idea that he is President, and a piece of it is racism. Not that somebody in one racial group doesn't like somebody in another racial group. So what? It is the sense that the white race must rule. That's what racism is. And they can't stand the idea that a man who is not white is President.” PeopleKnowsMenWantBookIdeasCountryProblemNextNamesPresidentWhiteNumbersRacePiecesGroupsRacismBad DayHistory BooksWhite Race Author:Chris Matthews
“I'm not trying to say that it never hurt or that I never felt its sting, but I can honestly say that I never blamed anybody for racism. I have considered it more of a manifestation of humanity's problem rather than my personal problem.” TryingI CanProblemHumanityFeltHurtRacismHonestlyManifestationRacistPersonal Problems Author:Robert Guillaume
“Racism may be as systemic as it always was. It is the great problem of America. It's the one stumbling block that I don't believe was ever smoothed over.” BelieveMayProblemAmericaRacismDon't BelieveBlockRacistStumblingStumbling Blocks Author:Robert Guillaume
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line, -- the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in America and the islands of the sea.” MenProblemAmericaLinesRaceSeaCenturyColorRacismRelationIslandsAsiaTwentieth CenturyRacism In AmericaLightersBlack Racism Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“At the heart of the problem is the fact that the United States is a racially divided nation where extreme racial inequalities continue to persist.” HeartStatesFactsProblemNationsUnitedUnited StatesRacismExtremesInequalityDividedPersist Author:Robert D Bullard
“We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance, inequalities between rich and poor, hunger, over-population, under-development and. I could go on and on. Each and every one of these impediments to humanity's pursuit of well-being are also among the root causes of refugee problems.” HumansWellsProblemPoliticalHumanitySocialCausesReligiousPoorRichRightsEconomicGoes OnDevelopmentConflictRacismRootsAbuseCrisisHungerHuman RightsPopulationPursuitInequalityWell BeingIntoleranceRefugeeRich And PoorInstabilityImpedimentsProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemReligious IntoleranceRoot CausePolitical Instability Author:Poul Hartling
“I've been in this struggle for many years now. I understand racism. I understand that there are a lot of people in this country who don't care about the problems of the inner city. We have to fight every day that we get up for every little thing that we get. And so I keep struggling.” PeopleYearsLittlesCountryProblemCareFightingCitiesStruggleRacismDon't CareGet UpLittle ThingsInner City Author:Maxine Waters
“Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because - what with trolls and dwarfs and so on - speciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green.” WorldProblemAmericaBlackWhitePerfectInterestingModernRacismHarmonyGreenBlack And WhiteModern WorldDiscworldDwarfsTrollSpeciesismPerfect Harmony Book:Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12) Source: Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12)
“Racism and sexism are not "problems" or "topics." They are ways of defining reality and living our lives that most of us learned along with learning how to tie our shoes and how to drink from a cup.” WayProblemRealityJusticeOur LivesDrinkDiversityRacismSocial JusticeShoesCupsTiesSexismTopicsDefining Author:Paula Rothenberg
“People often get racism mixed up with bigotry or prejudice. We need to get our terminology straightened out. We obviously have racial problems that need solving. The first step in solving a problem is to identify it. If we keep mis-identifying bigotry and prejudice as racism we'll never make any headway” PeopleIfsNeedsFirstsProblemStepsRacismPrejudiceBigotryFirst StepsIdentifyingTerminology Author:Neal Boortz
“People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isnt that the case if you take a principled position on any issue, whether its racism, sexism, heterosexism, violence as a general matter—or speciesism? The key is to educate others about *why* you take the position.” PeopleIfsMayMatterProblemSocialCasesIssuesViolencePositionKeysRacismSexismVeganEducateSocial ProblemsPrincipledSpeciesism Author:Gary L. Francione
“I find it ironic that Republicans have such disdain for the lazy, and yet their solution to every problem is do nothing. Their answer to wealth inequality, do nothing. Health care? Do nothing. Climate change? Nothing. Racism? Doesn’t exist. For a group of people so head over heels in love with self-reliance, they sure do recommend a lot of sitting on their ass.” PeopleSelfProblemCareWealthAnswersGroupsRepublicanRacismSolutionsSittingClimateClimate ChangeAssInequalityHealth CareLazyIronicHeelsSelf RelianceRelianceDisdainWealth InequalityHead Over Heels Author:Bill Maher
“I think really the whole problem with racism and its continuing legacy in this country is that we simply love it. Who would we be without the 'struggle?'” ThinkingCountryWholeProblemStruggleRacismLegacyContinuingSimply Love Author:Kara Walker
“You expect to cop a bit wherever you go. In the past there hasn't been any racism or any racist comments that I've seen. I'm expecting a tough time, as we get everywhere we go, but racism hasn't been a problem before.” ProblemPastBitsRacismToughRacistCommentExpectingCopTough Times Author:Glenn McGrath
“If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.” IfsMenWantProblemWhiteAttitudeRacismWhite Man Author:Stokely Carmichael
“Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.” MenUseProblemBlackRacismExcuseUpliftingDragShortcomings Author:Colin Powell
“The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.” WarProblemTogetherEvilEconomicRacismTiedExploitationEconomic Justice Book:The Radical King Source: The Radical King
“And what is the Republican solution to these outrageous [racial] inequalities? There isn't one. And that's the point. Denying racism is the new racism. To not acknowledge those statistics, to think of that as a 'black problem' and not an American problem. To believe, as a majority of FOX viewers do, that reverse-racism is a bigger problem than racism, that's racist.” ThinkingBelieveProblemBlackRepublicanRacismSolutionsBiggerMajorityInequalityAcknowledgeRacistStatisticsReverseFoxesViewersOutrageousBigger Problems Author:Bill Maher
“There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to see themselves as racist; still racism persists, real and tenacious.” KindStillsRealProblemWishStrangeRacismTragicRacistPersistEnigmaTenacious Book:Racism Source: Racism
“Racism is a human problem and a crime that is absolutely so ghastly that a person who is fighting racism is well within his rights to fight against it by any means necessary until it is eliminated.” HumansWellsMeanPersonsProblemFightingRightsCrimeRacismGhastlyHuman Problems Author:Malcolm X