163 Quotes About Race-and-racism-in-america
- Author DaShanne Stokes
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The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.
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- Author DaShanne Stokes
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It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.
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- Author DaShanne Stokes
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Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.
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- Author DaShanne Stokes
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Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now.
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- Author Daniel Hill
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Acknowledging that all our land was stolen from Native people feels like too great a burden, so we create an alternative reality that allows us to disengage emotionally from the truth.
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- Author Carlos Wallace
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Issues can only be resolved if each person accepts accountability in the problem.
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- Author Carlos Wallace
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Pride is the problem. Everyone wants to be right so badly they overlook the "rights" of others.
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- Author Carlos Wallace
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In the midst of combat, we learned a great deal about mankind and its many different races, creeds and beliefs.
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- Author Luis Fenollosa Emilio
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While recruiting, Lieutenant Grace was often insulted by such remarks as, "There goes the captain of the Negro Company! He thinks the negroes will fight! They will turn and run at the first sight of the enemy!" His little son was scoffed at in school because his father was raising a negro company to fight the white men.
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