Quotes About Prejudice

The second we define someone as a Democrat or Republican, it creates a whole set of limitations.

Some Republicans are good, and some Republicans are bad. Some Democrats are good, and some Democrats are bad. There are good police, and there are bad police. There are good black people and bad black people. There are good white people and bad white people.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

The most biased people are the Democrats.

I know what it's like to be denied opportunity based on the nature of your skin.

We know what racist people look like. They don't deny it. They just don't!

There's no more denying it, or saying we live in a post-racist society. All you have to do is turn on the TV and see all these hate crimes.

An abusive cop does not equal a bigoted police department.

We live in a very classist society, and it's sad and depressing.

I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.

When I describe myself as fat to people, whether it's a driver, anywhere around the world, or a friend, and I'm like, 'Oh, it's just because I'm fat,' people are like, 'Don't say that about yourself.'

The gloomiest way of describing the ancient world is it is misogyny from A to Z, really.

The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.

Although I have to admit I have despised a couple of people simply because they have never had a job in their lives.

The color of my skin should not determine whether I live or die.

Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.

Racism exists, but what I want to do is start a dialogue.

The issue with race particularly within this country is largely because of lack of dialogue.

I wanted people to begin dialogue about racism, about colorism. I wanted people to really become honest about our beliefs, about racism and how it exists in America today.

The colour of my skin determines what opportunities I have; the colour of my skin says there's only room for one or two of us to be accepted in a certain job; the colour of my skin has dictated everything I've done in my whole life.

All I'm really doing is talking about going on diets and... just about being a big guy. Why should that be any different from a comic that says, 'I was an alcoholic,' or, 'I was in a bad relationship?'

They treat you as if you are a different kind of human or life form when you are a celebrity - as if we don't breathe the same air, or we don't bleed the same - and I hate that. I really hate that.

Different cultures have different predilections for different kinds of crime.