2,209 Quotes About Racism

I would be having a good day, lost in my imagination, and bam -- I'd be hit with a comment that would remind me that I was not allowed to get comfortable.

Without revolution, civilization comes to halt, because with complacency arrives indifference, and with indifference comes the fall of civilization.

Be wary of any man who is quick to put down another man's faith. His love for Truth is not deep enough for him to want to explore additional truths outside his borders. The language of light can only be decoded by the heart. Thus, a man with a closed heart is already blind to understand the words of his own faith.

I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country.

Faced with a collective forgetting, we must fight to remember.

The tension between people is palpable, and the ideal of what it means to be and look American becomes a preoccupation to folks around the country, including me.

Despite what some people have said, President Bush did not want black people to die in New Orleans. However, he did hope they would not relocate to any areas of Texas that he likes to frequent.

The Black child must learn early to allow laughter to fill his mouth or the million small cruelties he encounters will congeal and clog his throat.

Forget race, forget gender, forget religion, and become a human my friend. Become a human above everything else, and all great things shall follow.