Quotes About Prejudice

Color is only skin deep, but Prejudice penetrates to the bone. Color often fades away, yet Prejudice holds its own. Prejudice is the lock on the door to Wisdom, while Equality is the key to release that latch.

That's why people become racists, and sexists and terrorists. Because we don't talk, we don't listen, because we don't know, we live only in our own heads.

Who's going to rob a black man on a bicycle?

he was white in a world of affirmative action. Basically fucked.

c) attaining a racially color-blind society is unattainable and only reinforces racism and societal inequality.

the belief that a race-neutral society can produce procedural justice for all groups and that it will end prejudice and discrimination is not supported by research on color-blind racial ideology.

Individuals who have come to recognize and own their biased beliefs and prejudices, their roles in perpetuating racism, the pain their obliviousness has inflicted on people of color, and their privileged and advantaged position in society may feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem.

Last, it is clear that color blindness may be seen as part of a strategy to internally combat recognition of implicitly held biases.

people of color is a necessary condition to dispel stereotypes and fears (Allport, 1954; APA Presidential Task Force, 2012; J. M. Jones, 1997). Ironically, White Americans are most likely to have contact with people of color who represent only a narrow spectrum of the group—those who have gotten into trouble with society or who need special help.

most people, including Whites, perceive racial relationships as binary: Black–White only (Pew Research Center, 2012). So, when matters of prejudice or discrimination are brought up for discussion, other groups of color, such as Asian Americans, Latina/o Americans, and Native Americans, often feel left out of the dialogue and rendered invisible (B. S. K. Kim, 2011; Takaki, 1998).

issues or racial situations present themselves, it is important to ask, "Where are the feelings of uneasiness, differentness, or outright fear coming from?" They may reveal or say something about one's biases and prejudices.

When around people of color or when race-related issues or racial situations present themselves, it is important to ask, "Where are the feelings of uneasiness, differentness, or outright fear coming from?" They may reveal or say something about one's biases and prejudices.

For persons of color, dealing with bias and prejudice is a day-to-day occurrence. If Whites are to be helpful, their lives must also be a constant "have to" in dealing with racism.

It is important to understand that prejudice by people of color occurs under an umbrella of White racial superiority and supremacy. Raised in the United States, they are equally prone to inherit the stereotypes and biases of the society. Although people of color can be prejudiced and discriminate, they do not have the power to oppress on a large-scale basis (Spradlin & Parsons, 2008; Sue, 2003).

The issue is not whether one is unbiased, but how aware, honest, and open their White counterparts are to their prejudices and stereotypes, and whether these biases will interfere with the White person's ability to relate to persons of color.

When trainees feel accused of being biased, they engage in self-protective behavior in the form of righteous indignation or innocent victimhood.

attempting to appear nonprejudiced through silence, avoidance, and lack of disclosure may actually make someone appear more biased because great energy is expended to conceal thoughts and feelings, thereby making the person appear less friendly or involved (Apfelbaum, Sommers, & Norton, 2008; Sue, 2010).

claims of reverse racism especially on topics of affirmative action allow majority group members (Whites) to turn the tables on their accusers by implying they are now the ones being discriminated against. Although this flies in the face of all economic, educational, and employment data (APA Presidential Task Force, 2012; J. M. Jones, 1997), the focus of the debate now becomes one of portraying White Americans as the victims.

I don't know you," Gallow said. "I've just met you. Already I want to hurt you.

Just because someone is ugly on the outside doesn't mean they're not even uglier on the inside. The reverse is also true for the beautiful.

Ignorance, arrogance, and racism have bloomed as Superior Knowledge in all too many universities.

There is simple ignorance, not knowing, and willful ignorance that refuses to know, that covers the light of knowledge with the dark blanket of bias.

Let the unskilled jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do — let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work.

Scientists who think science consists of unprejudiced data-gathering without speculation are merely cows grazing on the pasture of knowledge.