Racist Quotes - Page 32

• People are racist to us, sir, so why can't we be racist to rangas?

  Jonah

  People

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• If you admit to being racist, it says you acknowledge that you are being driven by projections and stereotypes that were formed in the creation of our country. Racism is deeply rooted in America.

  Claudia Rankine

  Country, America, Racism

  "I am invested in keeping present the forgotten bodies". Interview with Ratik Asokan, logger.believermag.com. December 10, 2014.

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• I'm not a racist like Bret Hart, I hate everyone equally!

  Jerry Lawler

  Hate, Hart, I Hate

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• Donald Trump has fired a campaign adviser for posting racist remarks on Facebook. Isn't that shocking? Donald Trump has a campaign adviser.

  Conan O'Brien

  Campaigns, Trump, Remarks

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• Even the most racist person make a very painful racial comment, give him a smile. It's better than you take a weapon on him because he's just gonna go like, "Oh." He's just being stupid.

  Angelique Kidjo

  Stupid, Giving, Weapons

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I don't want to see kids in America being scared because they're hearing people on television and the radio saying really ugly xenophobic and racist things.

  Bernie Sanders

  Kids, America, People

  "Bernie Sanders On Being Jewish And A Democratic Socialist". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. November 6, 2015.

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• The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.

  Artur Davis

  Progress, Alabama, Steps

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• I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the experiences of the black youth of my generation, coming of age in a racist society.

  Linton Kwesi Johnson

  Motivation, Writing, Black Youth

  "Trust between the police and the black community is still broken" by Linton Kwesi Johnson, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2012.

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• We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world.

  Johnny Damon

  Yankees, Together, World

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• To even envision a post-racist society is contingent upon understanding the offensive, dense, and wildly contradictory nature of our racist past and present. Racechanges should be encouragement enough for readers to begin that task.

  Gayle Pemberton

  Encouragement, Past, Understanding

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• As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Children, Childhood, Littles

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• I'm underrated, don't fit on nobody's playlist / If I ain't in your top 10, then you're a racist.

  Mac Miller

  Top 10, Fit, Playlists

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• If you're a Republican who's a threat to the Democrats, of course you are a racist. That's the definition of a racist, nowadays.

  Glenn Reynolds

  Definitions, Politics, Republican

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• Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela - who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Government, Communist Leaders, White

  "Limbaugh claims Dems' interest in Darfur is securing black 'voting bloc'". www.mediamatters.org. August 23, 2007.

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• I think the truth is, we are all racist, really, when it comes down to it. I think all of us have to check ourselves from time to time, and say, 'Look, that sort of attitude isn't good enough.' It takes discipline to keep our prejudices out.

  Peter Hollingworth

  Attitude, Thinking, Discipline

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• When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

  Ronald Knox

  Believe, Doe, Suave

  'Absolute and Abitofhell' (1913)

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• I'm not any kind of a bigot, I'm not...

  Samuel Alito

  Kind, Bigots, Bigotry

  "Senate Panel to Wrap Questioning of Alito". "Morning Edition" with Stebe Inskeep, www.npr.org. January 12, 2006.

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• We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.

  Craig Charles

  Growing Up, White, Black

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• Yesterday NPR fired me for telling the truth. The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims. This is not a bigoted statement. It is a statement of my feelings, my fears after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 by radical Muslims.

  Juan Williams

  Airplane, Npr, Yesterday

  "JUAN WILLIAMS: I Was Fired for Telling the Truth" By Juan Williams, www.foxnews.com. October 21, 2010.

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• I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.

  J. J. Johnson

  Hollywood Films, Community, Lucky

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• I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.

  Charles Barkley

  Thinking, White, Black

  "Charles Barkley tells Brown 'racism is a cancer'". Interview with Campbell Brown, www.cnn.com. October 27, 2008.

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• I'm not homophobic, I'm not a bigot, I'm not pandering to hatred.

  Sonny Bono

  Hatred, Homophobic, Bigots

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• I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one of my friends made a racist joke and another said, 'Hey man, we don't go for that anymore.'

  Al Gore

  Men, Boys, Racist Jokes

  "Al Gore explains why he’s optimistic about stopping global warming". Interview with Ezra Klein, www.washingtonpost.com. August 21, 2013.

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• I still find that a kind of stricture of the heart happens when I see any form of bigoted or racist behaviour. I get an actual pain in my heart.

  Janet Suzman

  Pain, Heart, Behaviour

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• Am I an Apple bigot? No. I can critique their products and their customer service philosophy. But overall, they do better than any other player.

  Donald A. Norman

  Philosophy, Player, Apples

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