“I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one of my friends made a racist joke and another said, 'Hey man, we don't go for that anymore.'” MenMadeSaidRememberBoysRightsConversationJokesMy FriendsSouthCivil RightsHeyRacistRacist Jokes Author:Al Gore
“It's ludicrous that my friends in California aren't able to legally get married. It's a civil rights issue. In 20 years we're going to look back at tapes of these antigay people saying ridiculous things on the news and it's going to sound as antiquated as the newsreels of horrible racists from the '50s.” PeopleYearsLooksAbleSoundIssuesRightsMarriedNewsMy FriendsRidiculousHorribleCivil RightsCaliforniaRacistTapeGay PeopleRidiculous Things Author:Busy Philipps
“In America, racism exists but racists are all gone. Racists belong to the past. Racists are the thin-lipped mean white people in the movies about the civil rights era. Here's the thing: the manifestation of racism has changed but the language has not. So if you haven't lynched somebody then you can't be called a racist. If you're not a bloodsucking monster, then you can't be called a racist. Somebody has to be able to say that racists are not monsters.” PeopleIfsMeanAbleAmericaPastLanguageWhiteGoneRightsHavensChangedRacismMonstersCivil RightsErasManifestationRacist Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“"Racist" is a confusing word, and it should be clarified. Men have no special rights simply because they belong to one race or another. When you say "men," you have already imbued them with all their rights.” MenShouldRaceRightsSpecialRacistConfusing Author:Jose Marti
“I don't like calling myself a "feminist" only because I don't think I've done anything active enough to call myself one. It'd be like calling myself a civil rights activist just because I'm not racist.” ThinkingDoneEnoughRightsCallingFeministActiveCivil RightsRacistActivist Author:Bo Burnham
“Many people who are forced into emigration suffer and often die tragically; many of their rights are violated, they are obliged to separate from their families and, unfortunately, continue to be subjected to racist attitudes and xenophobia.” PeopleSufferingDiesAttitudeRightsRacistObligedXenophobiaEmigration Author:Pope Francis
“This was a very progressive group of clergy who foresaw the race riots that were going to take place when Dr. King started helping the local civil rights community push for open housing. They were sort of hoping against hope that we could educate kids in a way that could counter some of the racist messages they were imbibing at home. I don't know whether we did any good, but it changed my life in every single way.” KnowsWayHelpingHomeKidsCommunityRaceRightsGroupsChangedKingsMessagesLocalsCivil RightsRacistProgressiveEducateDrsHousingRiotChanged My LifeClergyImbibingRace Riots Author:Sara Paretsky
“Well, you have to remember that until 1948, when Hubert Humphrey and others forced the Democratic Party to adopt a new policy on civil rights, the Democratic Party was the party of the old solid South. All of the racists, all of the Cottonhead Smith types and so on were Democrats, allies of Franklin Roosevelt - because of their seniority - of all the major committees of the Congress.” WellsRememberPartyRightsPolicyTypeMajorsDemocraticDemocratSouthCongressCivil RightsRacistAlliesCommitteesDemocratic PartyFranklinSeniority Author:William A. Rusher