Racism Quote Quotes

“Building bridges takes us further than building walls.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Those with unearned privileges often spin things as 'political correctness' to further silence those they wish to oppress.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“They hate you not because of what you have done but because of who you are; you are different from who they are, and you are occupying the ground they want for themselves.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Self Hate: The deadliest 'dis-ease' experienced by wounded souls.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“If origin defines race, then the entire human race is African.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“If you can't see past my name, you can't see me.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Bigots often like to say they're the ones being hurt as they oppress and hurt others. Never fall for the 'pity the privileged' routine.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Racism is not simply about one man's irrational hatred of another but his self-hatred, doubting his own moral goodness and purpose.”
― Michael R French, Once Upon a Lie

“Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice”
― DaShanne Stokes

“There is nothing 'honorable' or 'reasonable' in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“It's not 'over-sensitivity' to ask to be treated with the same dignity and respect shown to others.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“If "RACE" becomes the norm, then harmony will not prevail.”
― Henry Johnson Jr, Liberian Son

“People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.”
― DaShanne Stokes

“ʺThey are all the same!ʺ Is the cruelest
gallows humankind ever built. - On Stereotypes and Sweeping
Statements”
― Lamine Pearlheart, To Life from the Shadows

“There are so many things that human beings need to leave behind: Racism, institutional religion, war, ignorance... If human beings can get rid of these and similar things, the world will definitely be a better place.”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“If racism is the product of historical and socio-economic conditions, to the extent that these conditions can be changed, racism can eventually be abolished.”
― Rebecca Ruth Gould, Erasing Palestine: Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom

“House rule number nine. No roach shall drink or eat out of the good cups in the kitchen. The plastic cups are in the pantry.”
― La Tisha Honor, Teen Roach

“It's not the fact that some people disagree with the protests. That is as much a right as the protests themselves. It is the hateful, profane, condescending way some have expressed their discontent that baffles me. How do you criticize actions you've deemed disrespectful and divisive and an affront to civilized behavior with rhetoric to the same end? That's like the devil judging the Grim Reaper for harvesting souls.”
― Carlos Wallace

“Racism is just one of several illnesses passed on to children by their parents.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“To be the citizen of a country and to be the citizen of God, one need not belong to any particular caste or community or religion”
― Sir P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“We are not a collection of subspecies separated by biological canyons. Neither nature nor supernatural design imposed the different and often contradictory racial classification systems used around the world."

--"Race and Science", SKEPTIC MAGAZINE volume 25 number 3 2020”
― Guy P. Harrison

“I aim to convey, through lines and verse, the Black experience as it is today so that the generations who come after us have a lyrical but accurate account of how we contended with racial and social injustice and violence during our lifetime. In essence, I write to promote the reverence we deserve for our resilience, beauty, and humanity.”
― D.B. Mays

“A dispute about race devolves into racism.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov