Racist Quotes - Page 7

• You expect to cop a bit wherever you go. In the past there hasn't been any racism or any racist comments that I've seen. I'm expecting a tough time, as we get everywhere we go, but racism hasn't been a problem before.

  Glenn McGrath

  Past, Racism, Tough Times

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• A new race-neutral language was developed for appealing to old racist sentiments, a language accompanied by a political movement that succeeded in putting the vast majority of backs back in their place. Proponents of racial hierarchy found they could install a new racial caste system without violating the law or the new limits of acceptable political discourse, by demanding 'law and order' rather than 'segregation forever'.

  Michelle Alexander

  Race, Order, Law

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• Abraham Lincoln once said that if you are a racist, I will attack you with the north. And those are the principles that I carry with me in the workplace.

  Michael Scott

  Diversity, Office, Principles

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• One of the things about Herman Cain is, I think that he makes that white Republican base of the party feel okay, feel like they are not racist because they can like this guy. I think he giving that base a free pass. And I think they like him because they think he's a black man who knows his place. And I know that's harsh, but that's how it sure seems to me.

  Karen Finney

  Party, Men, Thinking

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• The Jew is upset because the nations of the world - the United Nations - lash him, brand him as racist and evil, hate him and openly demonstrate their desire to destroy him.

  Meir Kahane

  Hate, Evil, Upset

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• In some ways I feel sorry for racists and for religious fanatics, because they so much miss the point of being human, and deserve a sort of pity. But then I harden my heart, and decide to hate them all the more, because of the misery they inflict and because of the contemptible excuses they advance for doing so.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Religious, Sorry, Hate

  Christopher Hitchens (2009). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, p.109, Basic Books

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• Cristal go by the cases, wait hold up that was racist
  I would prefer the Aces, ain't no different when you taste it.
  A 40 ounce to chase it, that's just an understatement.

  ASAP Rocky

  Hip Hop, Waiting, Different

  Song: Goldie, 2013

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• I'm not a racist. That's what's so insane about this.

  Michael Richards

  Insane

  "'Seinfeld' Star Michael Richards Apologizes on 'Letterman' for Racial Slurs". "Late Show With David Letterman", www.foxnews.com. November 21, 2006.

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• Humanity is at its greatest perfection in the race of the whites.

  Immanuel Kant

  Race, Perfection, Humanity

  "Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View". Book by Immanuel Kant, 1798.

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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'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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• 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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• I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man.

  Joe Biden

  Stupid, Nice, Mean

  "Biden's description of Obama draws scrutiny" by Xuan Thai, Ted Barrett, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2007.

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• I am here because I am the first judge in this country to say, in 1990, that the war on drugs was racist. It still is and that hasn't changed

  Pamela Alexander

  Country, War, Marijuana

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• South Africa is such a fraught place to live. The anxiety about crime, the crunching on racial eggshells, the juxtaposition of First World materialism with Third World squalor.

  Rory Carroll

  Anxiety, World, Eggshells

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• Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.

  Terry Pratchett

  Running, Thinking, Marathon

  Terry Pratchett (1998). “The Last Continent: A Discworld Novel”, Harpercollins

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• However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.

  Ed Markey

  Commitment, Reality, Racism

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• Flustered, she replied, "You're not my - my - grandmother, or something." "You'd talk about this with your grandmother? I can't possibly imagine discussing my dating life with mine. She's a lovely woman, I suppose. If you like them bald and racist.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Grandmother, Dating, Lovely

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.94, Scholastic Inc.

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• Countermovements among racists and sexists and nazifiers are just as relentless as dirt on a coffee table. . . . Every housewife knows that if you don't sooner or later dust . . . the whole place will be dirty again.

  Florynce Kennedy

  Peace, Coffee, Dirty

  Florynce Kennedy (1976). “Color Me Flo: My Hard Life and Good Times”

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• The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Trust No One, Order

  "Tao Te Ching". Ch. 57, 4th century BC.

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• Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a Communist.

  Alvin Dark

  Baseball, Trying, Pitching

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• I mean a racist, hate-filled host who is openly trying to get people to be violent would have zero viewers in the America I know and love.

  Glenn Beck

  Zero, Hate, Mean

  "Birth Pangs". "The Glenn Beck Program", www.foxnews.com. November 8, 2010.

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• I ain't racist but lets trade places.

  Tupac Shakur

  Rapper, Trade

  Song: Last Wordz, 1993

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• La Raza stands for 'The Race' - and they say so openly. They are a pro-Hispanic organization; I will call them a racist organization. They base their philosophy on race. They advocate for those minorities that fit within the category that they define as drives them. They are apologists for illegal immigrants - and we are funding them with your tax dollars in this administration through earmarks. It is outrageous. It's an in-your-face act on the part of this Congress.

  Steve King

  Philosophy, Race, Organization

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• Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Xenophobia, Justice, Diversity

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