“It always seemed to me that white people were judged as individuals. But if a Negro did something stupid or wrong, it was held against all of us.” PeopleIfsIndividualWhiteStupidRacismJudged Book:Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Source: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
“All of you are aware of the tragic history of racism in America, but for a very long time, African-Americans and their white allies came together and they struggled and they stood up for justice and they stood up to lynching and they stood up to segregation and the stood up to a nation where African-Americans couldn't even vote in America.” LongTogetherAmericaNationsJusticeWhiteLong TimeRacismVoteAfrican AmericanTragicAlliesSegregationRacism In AmericaStood UpLynching Author:Bernie Sanders
“The new racism, like God, works in mysterious ways and is quite effective in maintaining white privilege. For example, instead of saying as they used to say during the Jim Crow era that they do not want us as neighbors, they say things nowadays such as 'I am concerned about crime, property values and schools.'” WayWantSchoolUsedValuesWhiteCrimeExampleRacismConcernedPropertyPrivilegeNeighborMysteriousErasMaintainingWant UCrowWhite PrivilegeJim CrowGod Works In Mysterious WaysMysterious Ways Author:Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
“Sexism and racism are parallel problems. You can compare them in some ways, but they're not at all the same. But they're both symptoms inside the white male power structure.” WayProblemWhiteRacismStructureMalesCompareSexismSymptomsParallels Author:Frida Kahlo
“Sexism and racism and homophobia and classism are so naturalized. All these stereotypes make people think it's just normal that straight white men are getting all the breaks.” PeopleThinkingMenWhiteBreakNormalRacismSexismStereotypeWhite ManHomophobiaClassism Author:Kathleen Hanna
“When it comes to racism, you hear people say, "I don't care if people are white, black, purple or green." Hold on, now, purple or green? Come on now, you gotta draw the line somewhere.” PeopleIfsHumorCareFunnyBlackLinesWhiteRacismDrawsGreenDon't CareI Don't CarePurple Author:Mitch Hedberg
“One of the ways [racism] pops up is when they turn a comic into a live-action movie and there's this temptation to make Asian characters white.” WayCharacterActionTurnsWhiteRacismPopsTemptationComicAsianAction Movie Author:Gene Luen Yang
“If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and therefore of relatively marginal significance.” IfsWhiteRacismConcernBurningMinoritiesSignificanceIgnoredForgivenWhite Racism Author:Martin Jacques
“I think there are white alumni out there who wouldn't mind having an African American president of their school, but would be reluctant to have an African American coach, because he represents the school so. I think it's just sheer backward racism.” ThinkingMindWould BeSchoolPresidentWhiteRacismCoachesAfrican AmericanSheerReluctantAmerican PresidentAlumni Author:Frank Deford
“We got to face some facts. That the masses are poor, that the masses belong to what you call the lower class, and when I talk about the masses, I'm talking about the white masses, I'm talking about the black masses, and the brown masses, and the yellow masses, too. We've got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don't fight racism with racism. We're gonna fight racism with solidarity. We say you don't fight capitalism with no black capitalism; you fight capitalism with socialism.” PeopleFactsFacesFightingBlackWaterWhitePoorTalkingClassFireMassRacismCapitalismSocialismBrownYellowSolidarityLower Class Author:Fred Hampton
“I was in Toronto when they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome. I was in the airport and there were these big snowboarder guys and they had white masks around their necks, and as soon as they saw me, they put their masks on. So I went "cough, cough, cough... You wanna egg rorr?” KnowsBigsGuyWhiteSawsRacismNecksMaskEggsSevereAirportsAsianSyndromesTorontoOutbreaksSars Author:Margaret Cho
“In order for us, black and white, to disenthrall ourselves from the harshest slavemaster, racism, we must disinter our buried history.... We are all the Pilgrim, setting out on this journey.” OrderBlackWhiteJourneyRacismSettingSettingsBuriedBlack And WhitePilgrim Book:The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century Source: The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century