“In a manner akin to the influence of Tiger Woods on the other side of the Atlantic, Thierry Henry has helped kick down a few of the remaining bigoted stereotypes. Through his undisputable class and dignity, Henry has made a deep-seated difference to race relations in this country. Racism will flounder whenever white children grow up with a black man as their hero. That so few comment on Henry's colour is a silent tribute to his impact.” MenChildrenMadeCountryGrowsSidesBlackDifferencesWhiteRaceClassGrowing UpInfluenceFootballHeroRacismDignityRelationImpactSilentWoodsSoccerAnalysisKicksColourCommentStereotypeTigersRace RelationsTribute Author:Pete Gill
“a white person who claims to have no impediment of vision in this country is not, I think, telling the whole truth. And when it comes to race relations, not telling the whole truth about the fog one inhabits slows down the work of groping forward.” ThinkingPersonsCountryWholeWhiteRaceVisionRacismClaimsRelationFogSlow DownRace RelationsImpedimentsWhole Truth Author:Naomi Wolf
“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.” IfsWorldWantFirstsLongFactsIndividualTermRaceAcceptingGroupsPolicyRacismRelationLimitationLong TermGesturesDoomedBetter PlaceRace Relations Book:Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro Source: Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro
“One of the less dismaying aspects of race relations in the United States is that their improvement is not a matter of a few people having a great deal of courage. It is a matter of a great many people having just a little courage.” PeopleLittlesMatterStatesUnitedDealsRaceUnited StatesRacismAspectRelationImprovementGreat MenRace Relations Book:Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro Source: Color blind: a white woman looks at the Negro
“In the last few years, race relations in America have entered upon a period of intensified craziness wherein fear of being called a racist has so thoroughly overwhelmed fear of being a racist that we are in danger of losing sight of the distinction.” YearsLastsAmericaRaceDangerPeriodsLosingRacismSightRelationDistinctionRacistOverwhelmedRace RelationsCraziness Author:Florence King
“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
“A white person listens to my act and he laughs and he thinks, 'Yeah, that's the way I see it too.' Okay. He's white. I'm Negro. And we both see things the same way. That must mean that we are alike..... So I figure I'm doing as much for good race relations as the next guy.” ThinkingWayMeanPersonsGuyNextWhiteRaceLaughingFiguresRacismOkayRelationYeahBigotryRace RelationsEnding Racism Author:Bill Cosby
“Patriarchy, like any system of domination (for example, racism), relies on socializing everyone to believe that in all human relations there is an inferior and a superior party, one person is strong, the other weak, and that it is therefore natural for the powerful to rule over the powerless. To those who support patriarchal thinking, maintaining power and control is acceptable by whatever means.” ThinkingBelieveHumansMeanPersonsStrongNaturalPowerfulPartySupportExampleRacismWeakRelationSuperiorsRelyAcceptableInferiorsPatriarchyPowerlessDominationMaintainingHuman RelationsSocializingPower And Control Author:Bell Hooks