Racist Quotes - Page 13

• As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers.

  Ezra Cornell

  Country, Religious, Party

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• Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups.

  George Michael

  Political, Groups, Minorities

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• There is no bigotry like that of "free thought" run to seed.

  Horace Greeley

  Running, Free Thought, Seeds

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• It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is was deemed advisable to exclude from the national government all power to act upon the subject.

  Joseph Story

  Spiritual, Ambition, Pride

  Joseph Story (1833). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.702

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• We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.

  Rachel Griffiths

  Father, Drama, Struggle

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life eventually, no matter whether one is a racist or a victim, one comes to feel the absurdity of life....Racism generated from whites is first of all absurd. Racism creates absurdity among blacks as a defense mechanism.

  Chester Himes

  Life, Country, White

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• The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything.

  Carol Moseley Braun

  Rights, Racism, Victory

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• There is a racist attack against Muslims and Arabs, Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians in France.

  Walid Jumblatt

  France

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• It's not that I'm racist or anything, because I'm not, but I just don't think we should be wasting our time helping people that are going to die soon anyway.

  Zach Braff

  Thinking, People, Helping

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• A lot of people say colonialism was 'evil' or whatever, but what have they really done with Africa since we gave it back to them? I don't think it should be considered 'racist' to admit maybe ending apartheid did more harm than good in South Africa.

  Zach Braff

  Thinking, People, Evil

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• Well, you need to have at least one black friend, otherwise people think you're racist

  Zach Braff

  Thinking, People, Black

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• I won the seat of Oxley largely on an issue that has resulted in me being called a racist. That issue related to my comment that Aboriginals received more benefits than non-Aboriginals.

  Pauline Hanson

  Issues, Benefits, Comment

  "Revisit Pauline Hanson's infamous maiden speech". www.sbs.com.au. July 19, 2016.

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• The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.

  Louise J. Kaplan

  Teenage, Order, Toddler

  Louise J. Kaplan (1995). “Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood”, Touchstone Books

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• Be true. Be beautiful. Be free. In the midst of segregation and racism Mamma raised us to be independent and free. We saw ourselves as citizens of the world, not of a block.

  Debbie Allen

  Beautiful, Block, Independent

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• Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

  Josh Billings

  Comedy, Made, Bigots

  Josh Billings (1953). “Uncle Sam&s uncle Josh”

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• Find a balance between one's responsibility as a white person to confront acts of racism and one's subconscious sense of power and privilege over people of color when reacting to the [racist] event.

  Eileen O'Brien

  Responsibility, Color, White

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• You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in contact with; doing so is the first obligation of a white antiracist.

  Tim Wise

  White, People, Justice

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• I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies.

  Walter Mosley

  Father, Asking Why, Views

  Walter Mosley (2003). “What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace”, p.12, Black Classic Press

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• If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists as whites are.

  Thomas Sowell

  Believe, Men, Brotherhood Of Man

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• We live in a racist world. Everywhere there is racism. We say to White people, "You really have to examine how you behave in the world. You are responsible for deconstructing internalized racism and being part of a ongoing process of decolonizing yourself.

  Eve Ensler

  White, Racism, People

  Interview with Kevin Powell, bknation.org. May 1, 2014.

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• In the last few years, race relations in America have entered upon a period of intensified craziness wherein fear of being called a racist has so thoroughly overwhelmed fear of being a racist that we are in danger of losing sight of the distinction.

  Florence King

  America, Race, Sight

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• It is my considered opinion that the State of Israel is a racist state in the full meaning of this term: In this state people are discriminated against, in the most permanent and legal way and in the most important areas of life, only because of their origin. This racist discrimination began in Zionism and is carried out today mainly in co-operation with the institutions of the Zionist movement.

  Israel Shahak

  Israel, People, Important

  "The Racist Nature of Zionism and of the Zionist State of Israel", the student newspaper of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Pi-Ha'aton, November 5, 1975.

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• When these Asians go out looking for a victim, they don't go looking for Asian victims. They don't go mugging Asian grandmas, they don't go stabbing each other, they don't go trying to solicit sex off little Pritesh or little Sanjita, they go straight to the whites because they are trying to destroy us and they are the racists.

  Mark Collett

  Sex, Grandma, Trying

  "Retrial begins of BNP leaders accused of stirring racial hatred" by Martin Wainwright, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2006.

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• Jesse Jackson and Al Not-So-Sharpton would be lisping their ebonic mumbo-jumbo that the policy and the president are racist and bigoted.

  Ted Nugent

  President, Would Be, Als

  "Here Are 13 Other Repugnant Comments Ted Nugent Should Apologize For" by Eric Hananoki, Timothy Johnson, www.mediamatters.org. February 21, 2014.

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• I don't think that the "freedom movement" is a racist movement as such. But it's a virulent example of identity politics. "Whiteness" is part of the identity, but not the most important part.

  Hendrik Hertzberg

  Identity Politics, Important, Example

  Source: www.newyorker.com

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