Racism Quotes Quotes

“You have to get over the fear of facing the worst in yourself. You should instead fear unexamined racism. Fear the thought that right now, you could be contributing to the oppression of others and you don't know it. But do not fear those who bring that oppression to light. Do not fear the opportunity to do better.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

“Manglish is the Malaysian form of English. It’s superior to Singlish when you’re in Malaysia and inferior when you’re in Singapore. It’s known for its love for Malay, Cantonese, Tamil, Mandarin, and Hokkien. Occasionally, there are English terms, too. It’s different from Indian English, which is spoken with a punchy tone, or British English, which is an endangered language in London. A key distinction between Manglish and Singlish is Manglish’s recognition of Tamil words. Singlish denies the existence of inferior Tamil words.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

“Listen to your kuya, sister. Got three type kilikili.” He raises his finger. “One, that kano armpit smell like butter, burger, dollar; two, that Chinese intsik one smell like noodles, siopao, yuan; three, that bumbay one bad smell like roti, curry, rupee. Next time, find a kano who smells like butter, burger, or dollar. Curry not good. Rupee also not good, ba.”
― Merlin Franco, Saint Richard Parker

“We may belong to different races
and have different colours.
We may speak different languages and follow different religions.
We may have different perceptions
and live in different realities.
But we all live in one world and
belong to a single humanity.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“In our courts, when it's a white man’s word against a Black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly but those are just the facts of life.
- Atticus Finch”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“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

“The social cohesion necessary for a thriving, inclusive society is undermined, as racism fosters an "us versus them" mentality, hindering collaboration and collective progress.”
― Rove Monteux, What is Wrong with Society Today

“This book will not teach you how
to debate with bigots. There is no reason to debate bigots because we have already heard everything that bigots, regardless of their
stripe, have to say for themselves, across time. We heard everything the Nazis had to say for themselves during the Nuremberg trials. We heard everything the segregationists had to say for themselves during the civil rights movement. We heard everything the homophobes had to say for themselves during the outbreak of HIV and the debates over same-sex marriage. Bigots remix the same claims, “We are superior, and they are inferior,” repeatedly, from era to era.”
― Nicholas Ensley Mitchell, On Bigotry: Twenty Lessons on How Bigotry Works and What to Do About It

“So, when I experienced such a discriminatory behaviour from that woman, I knew that it was her psychological status that was the problem, and not my blackness.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“THE GREATEST EDUCATION IN THE WORLD IS TO NOT TEACH RACISM”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“A RELIGIOUS GOD AND A RACIST PERSON ARE NOT VIRTUOUS”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“RACISM CANNOT DISPEL INEQUALITY”
― J. Ruby

“Me As a black person or child, Me as a Zulu person. Why you speak like being black or being a Zulu or certain tribe is a disability or bad thing? Why can't you deliver your facts or points or why don't you say what your product or business can do? Why you are looking down at yourself?”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“Turbocharged with inequalities, Britain went down the path of Brexit, to send a red signal to the world that it is no longer a cohesive society.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“I see colour. I see colour everywhere. I see colour when I wake up. I see colour when I go to bed. And guess what ? I love all colours.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Friendship doesn't recognize color. Isolation does.”
― June Stoyer

“The issue of tribalism, racism, segregation of whichever form and manner it beholds, and separatist arguments...All these, are toxic elements in our living as a people.”
― DON SANTO

“The Negro will disappear from the field of national politics...Henceforth the nation, as a nation, will have nothing more to do with him."

(The Nation, progressive periodical of our day, published demeaning, racist opinions of Black Americans during Reconstruction (ie pg. 854 softcover)”
― Ron Chernow, Grant

“Racism is like a wound that keeps festering until it eats up your entire inside.”
― DJ Bwakali

“There is a danger of becoming a racist when you argue with racists.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“There is no way that you would have had the life you’ve had in the States back here in Brazil. Particularly those like you who are a bit dark.”
― Danielle Bassi, The Baby in the Picture: A Novel

“The media constantly reinforces the message that what is demanded of us is unwavering strength, poise and diplomacy even in the face of extreme injustice.”
― Shanon Lee

“Here we do not think that see-through skin is truthful because it lets you see the person inside, or that solid skin is wiser because it shuts out prying eyes. We do not think that dark skin is fairer, or fair skin is finer. We do not think of skin at all. We simply live in it, and let live in it.”
― Dew Pellucid, The Crystilleries of Echoland

“The African "Devil" is the only non-, black-colored character born of a continent of black that still retains all the attributes of a traditional African.”
― G. Plason Z. Plakar

“The first, second, and third thing we, humans of society, do when meeting others is always to perceive them based on their gender or sex, and also color. And we do so with the prejudicial package that we carry. It is as if that is all that matters to us, first and foremost, not the human.”
― Claudys Kantara, Rebel Thoughts of Wisdom: Inspiring Conscious Change for Personal & Collective Growth

“I think of the added pressures that black men have when making love because they feel that they are expected to perform in some legendary way—Mandingo sex. What was that expression? Once go black, you can't go back.”
― Jennifer Lee, Tarnished Angel: Surviving in the Dark Curve of Drugs, Violence, Sex, and Fame : A Memoir

“Given our remote location, logistics were a nightmare. We were ambushed with new problems almost every hour. We did not have the budget  –  the luxury hotel rooms or great catering or frequent of- days –  to lubricate the bone- on- bone clashes that erupted with sickening regularity. Eventually, civilization broke down in the jungle. The savage spirit of the script spilled of the pages and came to haunt us on the sets. The white crew turned into the truculent jungle- lodge guests, unhappy with the service they were receiving. We became the irreverent staf, doing what we had to, but mocking them behind their backs. Somehow, we held it together and fnished flming.
This time, unlike in Annie , there was a diference between how Pradip visualized the flm and how I imagined it. His approach, with the actors as well as the staging, was gentle, realistic, poker- faced. He softened the savagery and the occasional vulgarity of the script. I thought it ought to be enhanced, lifted half an inch of
the foor. I wanted it to have a slightly surreal, merciless, metallic quality.”
― Arundhati Roy, Mother Mary Comes to Me

“Southern Baptists were pro-slavery during the Civil War.

Today they're called Evangelicals, and they're still racist as fuck.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Atheist Guide: Atheism in a Nutshell

“Relations had soured to the point that when the Beatles attempted Lennon’s song ‘Across the Universe’ Paul McCartney complained, ‘There’s an oriental influence that shouldn’t really be there’ and pretended that he was talking about music.”
― Peter Doggett, You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup – The Untold Story of the Fab Four