Quotes About Oppression

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

I think it's gonna take a sincere empathy and compassion for people of all races, to really reflect and process on the true history of the black community in this country. The history has been filled with incredible oppression and we really have to acknowledge that, to start to change the lens of how we see true equality.

I hate record labels. They think they know everything. I want to hear them try to sing it.

In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.

Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner.

We are true singers but that maniac Frank Farian would never allow us to express ourselves.

There can be racism in a system even if a particular episode of injustice is not a manifestation of that racism. Every single thing in the criminal justice system is not a manifestation of racism, but many things are.

Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.

Have the colored people done anything to justify the prejudice against them that does exist in the hearts of so many white persons and, generally, of one great political party in this country? Have they done anything to justify it? No, sir.

We have to fight for what's right the same way the brothers and sisters that came before us did. The ultimate example, and there are many others, was The Stonewall Inn. They were pushed until they could take no more.

We can't continue to sit on our hands and sit idly by as people are being brutalized, disenfranchised, and left out of the system.

It sometimes seems that the only plan the Israeli government has for the Palestinians is for them to sit quietly while Israel does whatever takes its fancy, equipped with its army, with laws it promulgated, and with courts it established.

When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior.

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.

There are six million female lives lost in the world every year simply because they are female.

Mubarak was oppressing and pillaging his own people. He was an enemy to the Palestinians and an accomplice of Israel, the sixth nuclear power on the planet, associated with the war-mongering NATO group.

Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.

The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is to defend the marginalized against those with the greatest power - and that the resulting animosity from those in power is a badge of honor.

We fought against British not because of the color of their skin but also because of the exploitative character of their government.

People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains.

I would love to make some kind of film about the witches and the Inquisitions. That would be really fun because I don't think their stories have been told enough.

One thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for America.

If you have but a single ruler, you lie at the discretion of a master who has no reason to love you: and if you have several, you must bear at once their tyranny and their divisions.

The love of domination never attains more than a factitious elevation, that is sure to make enemies of all its neighbours.