“I've always been raised to love everyone, to accept everyone for their differences, and to just be open. But at a young, a very young age, I realized what racism was all about.” AgeYoungDifferencesAcceptingRacismRaisedI RealizedYoung AgeLove Everyone Author:Nia Long
“I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.” HumansHas BeensEnoughBigsAbleCertainViewsRaceRacismAspectRaisedFortunateBig Questions Author:Sidney Poitier
“If you think about a child that is born and how it's born, if it has racism in his genes, every child that is raised up to hit or beat someone up with anger and resentments.” IfsThinkingChildrenBornBeatsRacismRaisedGenesResentmentAnger And Resentment Author:John Assaraf
“There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in the book, namely racism, discrimination, ethnic inequality etc.” BookIssuesRacismRaisedDiscriminationInequalityEtcRunnersKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“Malcolm X finally became the person he was meant and raised to be. He fought against the forces of racism to return to that. Malcolm wanted to inspire other people to find their own strength.” PeoplePersonsWantedForceInspireReturnRacismRaisedInspire Others Author:Kekla Magoon
“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.” LifeInspirationalBelieveMotivationalSuccessBlackPositiveRacismExcellenceRaisedFeministAfrican AmericanSexismBlack HistoryEmpowering WomenXenophobiaBlack History MonthAfrican American WomenWomen PowerDeterrentBlack History Month InspirationalAfrican American HistoryBlack History InspirationalAfrican American LoveAfrican American History MonthBlack Inspirational Author:Oprah Winfrey
“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.” IfsMayMeanLongTwoWarStatesShowsLevelsRaceEnemyStruggleRightsRacismRegardSlaverySlaveRaisedComplainingCivil RightsSouthernDeprivedObligedRevoltAbolitionFreemanAbolition Of Slavery Book:Democracy in America Source: Democracy in America
“I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves." Another "I was raised to believe that excellence is the deterrent to racism and sexism. And that's how I operate my life." And another "It does not matter who you are or where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.” PeopleThinkingBelieveDoeMatterAbleGoalAbilityPlanetsRacismEmpowermentWho You AreExcellenceRaisedCommunicateTriumphEmpoweringSexismDeterrent Author:Oprah Winfrey
“I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted.” NationsBornEnvironmentRacismRaisedRacistBorn And Raised Author:Constance Baker Motley
“Be true. Be beautiful. Be free. In the midst of segregation and racism Mamma raised us to be independent and free. We saw ourselves as citizens of the world, not of a block.” WorldBeautifulSawsCitizensRacismIndependentRaisedBlockBeing TrueRacistMidstSegregation Author:Debbie Allen
“The white Christian church never raised to the heights of Christ. It stayed within the limit of culture.” ChristianCultureChristChurchWhiteLimitsRacismRaisedHeightChristian Church Author:Jesse Jackson