“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.” PeopleHeartLongAmericaPastNationsHistoryTaughtColorHeroLessonsRacismDividesVillainResentmentUnspokenLessons Of The Past Book:Lessons in Living Source: Lessons in Living
“Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.” PersonsTaughtBehaviorRacismCharacteristicsOur SocietyRacistRacism And PrejudiceLearned BehaviorUnique Characteristics Author:Alex Haley
“My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know.” ThinkingKnowsWayFacesTaughtRacismGrandmotherRacistMy GrandmotherNeuroticTaught UsMichiganPsychotic Author:James Earl Jones
“We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.” IfsWorldOpportunityGamesGivenSportsFieldsPossibilityTaughtEqualRacismEndlessDiscriminationHopefullyBridgesGapsSexismTaught UsOlympic GamesPlaying Fields Author:Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“Racism is taught in the home. We agree on that? Well, it's very hard to teach racism to a teenager who's listening to rap music and who idolizes, say, Snoop Dogg. It's hard to say, 'That guy is less than you.' The kid is like, 'I like that guy, he's cool. How is he less than me?” WellsHardHomeKidsGuyTeachTaughtListeningRacismAgreeRapTeenagerThat GuyRap Music Author:Jay-Z
“It was just a wonderful experience, one for the memory book for sure. The sad thing about it was that the picture came under this absurd cloud of controversy. Here was a movie based on the central theme that racism is something that is taught, and it's illustrated by this story of a dog and the efforts of humans to re-train it after it had been trained to go after black people. And it created this ridiculous controversy and wound up being the last Hollywood movie that Sam [Fuller] made.” PeopleHumansMadeBookStoriesLastsBlackMemoriesEffortWonderfulDogTaughtRacismHollywoodTrainCloudsWoundsRidiculousAbsurdThemeBlack PeopleControversySad ThingsHollywood MoviesWonderful Experience Author:Curtis Hanson
“I simply wish my parents would have taught me about speciesism and how it was just as evil as racism, sexism and heterosexism. Sadly, my parents were lied to by their parents who were lied to by their parents and so on.” EvilWishParentTaughtRacismSexismLiedSpeciesism Author:Gary Yourofsky
“Never mind that from the 1600s until the late twentieth century the population the United States was 85% white, 12% black, and there have been changes demographically in the United States since the days of its founding. So they're trying to tell you that the United States' greatness happened because of diversity. Well, go back and look at the days the country was founded, and they do. When they do that, they see how racist and bigoted this country was. they see the seeds for bigotry and racism and discrimination were sown at the founding, is how it's now taught.” TryingMindWellsLooksHas BeensCountryStatesBlackWhiteUnitedUnited StatesHappenedCenturyGreatnessTaughtDiversityLateRacismPopulationSeedsDiscriminationRacistBigotryFoundingTwentieth Century Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.” KnowsYearsTwoEndsHateBornPowerfulTaughtSonRacismFolksListsRacistTwo YearsNapsRacial DiscriminationTwo Year OldsDiscrimination And RacismEnding Racism Author:Denis Leary
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” PeopleIfsLoveLifeInspirationalHumansHeartPersonsInspirationMotivationalReligionHatePeaceBornCommunityInspiringLearningSocietyHuman NaturePositiveTaughtColorPoliticianRacismHatredSkinsOppositesI HateBackgroundsDiscriminationHatedLgbtSouth AfricaHuman HeartLove HateApartheidHuman DignityLove And HateHate PeopleSkin ColorHate HimAnti RacismLearning To LoveLong WalksLong Walk To FreedomLove Or HateEducation And FreedomI Hate PeoplePeace HarmonyPeace And ToleranceAnti DiscriminationInspirational FreedomNo HateHated LoveHate ReligionHate GodDiscrimination And RacismEnding RacismNatural LoveAgainst RacismJustice And Love Author:Nelson Mandela
“White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was ... we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.” PhilosophyWhiteBuildingTaughtTrumpRacismBuiltMathematicsFolksArchitectureGreekEmpiresCavesAstrologyPyramidsWhite Racism Author:Al Sharpton
“I was taught to see racism only in individual acts of meanness, not in invisible systems conferring dominance on my group” IndividualGroupsTaughtRacismInvisibleDominanceMeanness Author:Peggy McIntosh
“As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage.” PersonsWhiteTaughtRacismAdvantageAspectPrivilegeI RealizedDisadvantagesWhite Privilege Author:Peggy McIntosh
“Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow from primitive tribalism, the instinctive hostility against those of another tribe, race, religion, nationality, class or whatever. You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity.” IfsShouldChildrenIdeasDifferentSchoolGrowsParentRaceAcceptingClassTaughtLuckyDiversityRacismPrimitiveTribesEmphasisHostilityNationalityIsmsTribalismDifferent Nationalities Author:Roger Ebert
“Kids know nothing about racism. They're taught that by adults.” KnowsKidsRaceTaughtRacismAdults Author:Ruby Bridges
“We don’t come out of the womb filled with prejudice, racism, and homophobia. Kids are taught to hate, so we have to protect our young people’s minds from those evils.” PeopleMindKidsYoungHateEvilTaughtProtectRacismPrejudiceFilledWombHomophobia Author:Kerry Washington