Quotes About Oppression

Women are often forced to maintain good relations with men who abuse them precisely because those men have power.

We definitely experience racism in England and different levels of oppression as well. Anywhere affected by colonialism there's certain kinds of race relations and class relations going on.

The relative lack of power of certain minority groups, and the fear they're feeling in the wake of Donald Trump's election, is something I think we really need to take a look at.

North Korea publicly denounced me as an enemy of my people and punished all my relatives. They have this guilty by association policy and they go after three generations of your family or up to eight generations of your family.

I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them.

What hit me in the gut about hip-hop was that someone else grew up tough enough to be angry at the entire system.

Do I think police chiefs, many of which are African-American or Hispanic, wake up and say, 'Let's systemically oppress African-American communities?' No, I don't. Are there instances in which that happens? I'm sure there are.

Black women have historically had the most to lose and have therefore been the fiercest fighters for justice.

Unfortunately, racism is not confined to our history books.

This gun is liberty; hold for certain that the day when you no more have it, you will be returned to slavery.

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.

It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.

If I was born 400 years ago instead of now, I wouldn't have the life I have. There were freak shows, and there was horrible discrimination.

Anyone who is awake and aware knows that these quote-unquote bathroom bills or any legislation discriminating against LGBTQ citizens is horrible.

Anti-Semitism is a form of racism, and all forms of racism are horrible.

I was born in America. I was raised in America. And America truly has done me a lot of dirt, a lot of horrible things that I never will forget, but I know this is where I was born at.

No matter how far you think you have come, racism exists.

The very idea that human beings are held in bondage is sickening.

When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress.

Where there are breaches of human rights, you need to speak out about it, no matter where it is.

I do think that every super power on the globe has a very poor record on human rights.

More attention should be given to the Arab world and the human rights abuse that is taking place every day in many countries in the Arab world.

Because I play in the NBA, I am lucky enough to have a public platform, so I've used every opportunity to make sure everyone knows about Erdogan's cruelty and disdain for human rights.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.