2,209 Quotes About Racism

Equality does not see colour, therefore, contributes to privilege. Equity sees colour, recognises systemic forms of racism and actively provided resources to level the playing field

People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.

To lead you need to empathise, to empathise you need to genuinely understand, to understand you need to be willing to have difficult conversations.

But on one occasion he was lost for words. 'If it's all as bad as you describe,' asked an inconspicuous young man at the end of one of the lectures, 'then why did you choose to become a Gypsy?' His image of Gypsies had marked them as a mere lifestyle, a fashion, a brand.

At the end of an interview for her first post-PhD job Tessa abandons the politically correct answers and says, "The doctrine of equity sounds good--and maybe the hearts of some of those who profess it are in the right place. But in reality, it's immoral, unfair, harmful to academic standards, and deeply paternalistic. So in response to your question, Dr. Franco, I do not promote equity in the classroom. I promote education instead.

We are fighting for what they promised us. They are responding by killing us.

After it happened I was at a loss for words. Haven't you said this yourself? Haven't you said this to a close friend who early in your friendship, when distracted, would call you by the name of her black housekeeper? You assumed you two were the only black people in her life. Eventually she stopped doing this, though she never acknowledged her slippage. And you never called her on it (why not?) and yet, you don't forget.

The institutional narrowness promoted in public education mutes the creative genius of most boys of color. The marginalization of a young King's creativity is an assault on his thinking; it's an act of incarcerating his thoughts.

America's educational system subliminally mandates that for boys of color to be successful, they must deny their genius and embrace a world's view of success that is painted white. Either through implicit or blind bias, the spirits of young Kings are bullied into being subordinate to whiteness.