Anti Racism Quotes

• Achievement has no color

  Abraham Lincoln

  Color, Racism, Achievement

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• No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Nov 04, 2014

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• Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.

  Alveda King

  Spring, Lying, Believe

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• All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.

  Elie Wiesel

  Faith, Religious, Race

  "Have You Learned The Most Important Lesson Of All?". Parade Magazine, www.thehypertexts.com. May 24, 1992.

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• I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.

  Malcolm X

  Respect, Believe, Color

  Malcolm X (1992). “By any means necessary”, Pathfinder Pr

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• As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, he is trash.

  Harper Lee

  Respect, Black And White, Men

  To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 23 (1960)

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• I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Girl, Dream, Boys

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• History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Sad, Wisdom, Bad Relationship

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

  Bobby Seale

  Fighting, Racism, Brotherhood

  "Black Panther Co-Founder Bobby Seale condemns Boston terrorism in exclusive interview". Interview with Alan Carlos Hernandez, www.heralddeparis.com. April 22, 2013.

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• You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.

  Malcolm X

  Hate, Roots, Racism

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• No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

  Nelson Mandela

  Wisdom, Hate, Education And Freedom

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2016

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• Sometimes change comes not in the first round, but at the second, third or fourth. Change starts with one person questioning, challenging, speaking up and doing something to make a difference. We can each make a difference...because each of us is already part of the community where racism exists & thrives.

  Paul Kivel

  Differences, Speaking Up, Racism

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• To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

  William Faulkner

  Life, Equality, Alaska

  William Faulkner (2011). “Essays, Speeches & Public Letters”, p.101, Modern Library

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• Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

  Nelson Mandela

  Life, Hate, Heart

  1994 LongWalk to Freedom.

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• We've got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don't fight racism with racism. We're gonna fight racism with solidarity.

  Fred Hampton

  Fighting, Fire, Racism

  "Power Anywhere Where There's People". Fred Hampton's speech at Olivet Church, www.historyisaweapon.com. 1969.

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• The white race is the cancer of human history.

  Susan Sontag

  Cancer, Race, White

  "What's Happening in America" (1966)

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• An nice lady in the back...asked what I thought about how we begin to move forward. I think it is up to each individual, which then moves to your family, which moves to your community. Each person, in their own life, let your life be a light for peace, for justice, for all that is good. Just let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Nice, Moving, Thinking

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• Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned... Everything is war. Me say war. That until the're no longer 1st class and 2nd class citizens of any nation... Until the color of a man's skin is of no more significa...nce than the color of his eyes, me say war. That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race me say war!

  Bob Marley

  Philosophy, War, Eye

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• I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.

  George H. W. Bush

  Racism, Anti Semitism, Bigotry

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• It does no service to the cause of racial equality for white people to content themselves with judging themselves to be nonracist. Few people outside the clan or skinhead movements own up to all-out racism these days. White people must take the extra step. They must become anti-racist.

  Clarence Page

  White, Racism, People

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• Americans of good-will, the nice decent church people, the well-meaning liberals, the good hearted souls who themselves wouldn't lynch anyone, must begin to realize that they have to be more than passively good-hearted, more than church goingly Christian, and much more than word-of-mouth in the liberalism.

  Langston Hughes

  Christian, Nice, People

  Langston Hughes (1995). “Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62”, p.104, University of Illinois Press

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• People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one's soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone coming in your house and lynching you.

  Samuel L. Jackson

  Race, Lynching, Racism

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• My point is you can fight racism and sexism and homophobia more effectively if you're doing it from the position that you're standing for the dignity of all people, and that you're actually standing for the underdog in the red states and the blue states. I think it's more effective when you're anti-racism and anti-sexism and anti-homophobia and that is the centerpiece for a project to uplift all humanity, and frankly to defend and uplift the children of all species.

  Van Jones

  Uplifting, Children, Fighting

  Source: pen.org

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• I never want to position myself where I seem like an ambassador of anti-racism. I am fortunate enough to say that I've never experienced extreme amounts of racism, but a lot of my friends do.

  Lilly Singh

  Racism, Ambassadors, Want

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• Before the game there was all this stuff about anti-racism and anti-bullying. It would be a good idea to start wearing wristbands for anti-diving.

  Roy Keane

  Soccer, Football, Bullying

  "Keane Dives Into Cole Ploy" by Christopher Davies, www.telegraph.co.uk. February 17, 2005.

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