Quotes About Racism

Trayvon Martin did not need to die.

We want to believe racism is an artifact of the past, and if you have a political massacre, that contradicts that.

It's hard for me to believe that the KKK still exists, especially knowing all my ancestors have been through. I feel like the history and meaning of all we have been through has been trashed.

I know some people would be like, 'Why are you responding to these racists on Twitter?' Sometimes it's for the purpose of letting them know they're being watched and that they're going to have to answer for their words.

Black Lives Matter was created as a response to state violence and anti-black racism and a call to action for those who want to fight it and build a world where black lives do, in fact, matter.

If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.

There's no such thing as reverse racism.

I don't believe in reverse racism. I really don't.

The fight against racism must be seen as a revolutionary one.

Football can do nothing about getting rid of racism. Society can.

The truth is that those at the top of British football do not care about getting rid of racism, they just don't want to hear it or see it.

The criminal justice system is rigged against African Americans.

There are kids out there. We've got to show them the right way. That's the only way. People aren't born racist. C'mon now. We've got to show the way.

I realized there was racism because people thought, 'Oh, if you like roll 'n' roll, that makes you like a white kid.'

When you have a death row case, you have to make 100 percent sure you have the right person. But these DAs in the state of Alabama are racist.

Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's how it's been my whole life.

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.

You grow up and recognize that in any educated secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognize in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

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.

Race is such a contentious issue because of the painful history of racism. Race didn't create racism, but racism created race.

A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been an attempt to paint Muslims as enemies of the United States.

As a parent, you want to protect your children, but the fact of racism in this country, of inequality, that is still a lesson my children are going to have to learn. I can't protect my kids from that.

When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered that.