“People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.” PeopleWritingTryingHateWhiteRacismLettersDare Author:Cristina Saralegui
“I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account.” PeopleWantTryingPersonsRealHelpingUseHandsPovertyRacismAccountsAngryAidsShouldersReal Person Author:Jamie Foxx
“A lot of different races and nationalities play football, so it is a good way to try and stop racism.” WayTryingDifferentPlayRaceFootballRacismNationalityGood WayDifferent Races Author:Thierry Henry
“The "r" word [racism] is a scary word to me - I don't like to say it. I'm not trying to say it doesn't exist. It's incredibly inflammatory and invites a lot of awful mistakes and injustices that have happened and still do happen. It's a word that has been thrown around in a way that incites a lot of bad feelings in most people.” PeopleWayTryingHas BeensStillsFeelingsHappensMistakeHappenedRacismInjusticeScaryAwfulThrownInvites Author:Brandi Chastain
“White hate crimes, white hate speech. I still try to claim I wasn't brought up to hate. But hate isn't the half of it. I grew up in the vast encircling presumption of whiteness - that primary quality of being which knows itself, its passions, only against an otherness that has to be dehumanized. I grew up in white silence that was utterly obsessional. Race was the theme whatever the topic.” KnowsTryingStillsHatePassionWhiteRaceHalfSilenceQualityCrimeGrewSpeechGrew UpRacismClaimsPrimariesThemeTopicsHate CrimePresumptionWhitenessOthernessHate Speech Author:Adrienne Rich
“There's a difference between racism and "I don't know any better. I'm clueless." Racism is like, "I'm trying to make you feel bad." That's racism.” KnowsFeelsTryingDifferencesRacismClueless Author:Chris Rock
“Most talk by whites about equal opportunity seems to me now to be about equal opportunity to try to get into a position of dominance while denying that systems of dominance exist.” TryingSeemsOpportunityPositionEqualRacismDominanceEqual OpportunityWhite Privilege Author:Peggy McIntosh
“I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago fighting for Civil Rights trying to desegregate schools in Chicago, who spent his whole life fighting against racism, I want your ideas. What do you think we can do? What can we do?” ThinkingWantLifeTryingYearsIdeasWholeHelpingSchoolFightingCan DoRightsHonestRacismYears AgoWhole LifeCivil RightsChicagoI Want YouArrestedAgainst Racism Author:Bernie Sanders
“I worked, studied, mothered and continued to be an activist. I found that Cuba was much different from the US; its government was genuinely trying to erase racism.” TryingDifferentGovernmentFoundRacismActivistCubaErase Author:Assata Shakur
“Racism was just a tool to deal with frustration and pain and that people are in denial about the way we feel and desperately trying to control their environment the way their lives are. And ultimately their scapegoats aren't going to make them feel better, it's just going to increase hatred and the problem gets worse and worse.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingProblemPainDealsEnvironmentRacismToolsHatredIncreaseDenialFrustrationFeel BetterScapegoat Author:Matt Dillon
“I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so we can have a roadmap, because artists - almost every single artist in hip-hop, they paint a picture of society that's overlooked. The misogyny, the racism, the violence, the homophobia, these are things that we try to avoid instead of dealing with. All of that I see it so often.” ThinkingTryingImportantArtistVoiceCommunityViolenceRacismPaintHip HopRapHipsTelling The TruthHopsMisogynyHomophobiaOverlooked Author:Russell Simmons
“I went back to a small town in Poland where my dad grew up. It was a very traumatic experience for me as a young man to know that my father's family were killed by Nazis, killed by Hitler. And that left, you know, if not intellectually, at least an emotional part of me which said, God, we have got to do everything we can to end this kind of horrific racism or anti-Semitism. And I have spent much of my life trying to fight that.” IfsKnowsMenTryingKindSaidEndsYoungFightingFatherLeftEmotionalGrewDadGrew UpRacismTownsMy DadYoung ManNaziSmall TownPolandAnti SemitismHorrificTraumatic Experiences Author:Bernie Sanders
“When you look at the Justice Department's report talking about the Ferguson Police Department's rampant pattern of discrimination and its excessive use of force against African-American citizens, it's hard to try to rationalize how this cesspool of racism doesn't spill over onto the individual officers.” TryingLooksHardUseIndividualForceJusticeTalkingCitizensRacismPolicePatternsDiscriminationAfrican AmericanDepartmentReportsOfficersSpillsAmerican CitizensRationalizeUse Of ForceFergusonPolice Department Author:Benjamin Crump
“I always try to individualize everything, every person. I see individuals and that's why I've never fallen for racism, or any type or classification of people.” PeopleTryingPersonsIndividualTypeRacismFallenClassification Author:Mike Vallely
“I am disappointed that after all of the struggles that we have had in this country for such a long time, trying to get through and beyond racism and bigotry and discrimination - I think it is sad. It just tells us the kind of work that we have to do as - as America, as a nation.” ThinkingTryingKindLongCountryAmericaNationsStruggleLong TimeRacismDiscriminationBigotryDisappointedI Am Disappointed Author:Bernie Sanders
“You know, my goal is not to convince you that I'm right or that you're wrong. About homophobia. Gun violence. Racism. Whatever the issue. I'm really trying hard with you - and others - to have a respectful discussion, debate about these issues.” KnowsTryingHardGoalIssuesViolenceRacismGunDebateDiscussionConvinceRespectfulHomophobiaGun ViolenceTrying Hard Author:Steven Petrow
“In America, we have struggled too much, too long as a country trying to overcome racism and sexism and homophobia. We cannot go back to a more discriminatory society.” TryingLongCountryAmericaToo MuchRacismOvercomingSexismHomophobia Author:Bernie Sanders
“This unprecedented racism, bigotry and proto-fascist agenda that Donald Trump is trying to shove down America's throat has unleashed the resistance that will dethrone him.” TryingAmericaTrumpRacismResistanceAgendasBigotryThroatFascistsUnprecedentedUnleashed Author:Tom Morello
“In the story ["The Pyramid and the Ass"] there's this war against the so-called Buddhist Terrorists. As we find out, they're not really terrorists at all, just good folks trying to liberate people from technology and fight against an American government/corporation trying to coopt our souls. The inherent racism and Buddhist-phobia in the story plays into the present demonizing of Islam - and of our loss of knowledge about the great, spiritual history of the Sufis, for example, or the cultural heritage from the middle east.” PeopleTryingWarSoulPlayStoriesGovernmentSpiritualFightingLossTechnologyMiddleExampleRacismIslamFolksEastTerroristAssBuddhistCorporationsHeritageMiddle EastInherentSufiPyramidsAmerican GovernmentPhobiaCultural HeritageGreat Spiritual Author:Alexander Weinstein
“I don't feel that I've been hampered by [ racism or discrimination], and the reason why is that we reach out to people on the basis of where everyone meets, and try to build common cause on that basis. Because of that, I think we've cut through some of the issues that normally divide people.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTryingReasonCausesCommonIssuesCuttingRacismBasesDiscriminationReason WhyDividesReach Out Author:Keith Ellison
“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
“It's a cause for great concern because a lot of people have said and done repulsive things in terms of racism and misogyny and marginalizing people - it's really come to fruition, something I've spent the last 21 years of my life trying to expose and educate people on. This really is kind of a dream scenario for white nationalists at the moment.” PeopleTryingKindDoneMomentsDreamTermRacismConcernEducateMisogyny Author:Christian Picciolini
“There are places and spaces for black writers to write about race as a central thing. It's important. We're still dealing with the remnants of slavery. We're still dealing with racism on a daily basis. For me, I choose to write books about black people where we are normal. I was raised to believe that I deserve to be in a room just like anybody else. I try to write books like that.” PeopleWritingTryingBelieveImportantBookBlackRacismDeserveSlaveryBlack People Author:Kwame Alexander
“Maybe that's one of the virtues of the 2016 election that we're going through is all of this racism and xenophobia and sexism and whatever else you want to say is being exposed, maybe that's a blessing. I'm trying to look at the positive side of what's been happening in our country, which is frightening.” TryingCountryVirtueBlessingRacismElectionSexismFrightening Author:Annette Bening
“There are things about the South - the politics, the classism, the racism - that I hate, and I want to be here to fight those things. I don't want to be in California or Michigan just complaining about them. I'm here trying to make a difference in the way I can, writing about it. And I want younger people, especially kids from my community, to see that being successful doesn't have to mean leaving a place like this. You don't have to trade in your family or your sense of belonging for that.” PeopleWritingTryingMeanKidsHateFightingCommunitySuccessfulRacismI HateTradeLeavingComplainingOur FamilyMaking A DifferenceBeing SuccessfulBelongingI Want YouClassism Author:Jesmyn Ward
“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.” PeopleKnowsMenWantTryingBelievePoliticalI BelieveFriendshipKnow HowReturnWasteDiversityRacismTreatsSocial JusticeDon't BelieveI Believe InMy TimeTreatmentBrotherhoodWasting My TimeBrotherhood Of ManTreat Me Right Author:Malcolm X
“For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.” PeopleTryingHumansWhitePleaseGoodnessRacismAskingSake Author:Desmond Tutu
“I mean a racist, hate-filled host who is openly trying to get people to be violent would have zero viewers in the America I know and love.” PeopleKnowsTryingMeanAmericaHateRacismAnd LoveFilledViolentRacistZeroHostViewersLove Hate Author:Glenn Beck
“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
“I believe in white supremacy, until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don't believe giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people ... I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from [the Native Americans] ... Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.” PeopleGivingFeelsTryingBelieveCountryMatterI BelieveWhiteNumbersResponsibilityLandPositionNeededAuthorityJudgmentSurvivalRacismDon't BelieveI Believe InStealingEducatedNativeNative AmericanWhite SupremacyIrresponsibleSupremacyGreat Country Author:John Wayne
“Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.” PeopleIfsWayTryingReligiousSupportPolicyMassRacismCrushFundamentalismOrganizeReligious FundamentalismJingoism Author:Noam Chomsky
“I'm a naturalized Italian, but I'm from Ghana. I was abandoned by my parents and adopted by two angels. I suffer with racism everyday. I'm the first black to wear the jersey of Italy. I'm not angry, but my life experiencies make me act differently from other people. Then, try to learn more before you criticize me.” PeopleTryingFirstsTwoSufferingParentBlackRacismAngelAngryEverydayCriticizeItalianAbandonedAdoptedJerseyGhana Author:Mario Balotelli
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” PeopleIfsLifeTryingMayIdeasDiesCultureWorryLaughingJourneyCryThis WorldAdventureTravelRacismLaughterWanderAround The WorldBigotryTime TravelIntroducingTraveledTravelerFunny TravelAdventurousTravellerTravel WritingGreat TravelInspiring TravelTravel The WorldTravel AdventureBigotsDemonstratingAdventure And TravelSeeing The WorldOther CulturesNomadLife Is An AdventurePhotography And TravelDream WorldInspirational AdventureRoads TraveledLife AdventureAdventure And LifeWant To TravelBackpackingTravel AbroadNomadicTravel JourneyRoads And JourneysNext AdventureTravel ExperienceRoad LifeTravel And CultureCosta RicaForeign TravelAdventurous SoulsDiscovery And TravelInspiration To OthersUnderstanding Each Other Book:Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now Source: Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now