Quotes About Prejudice

There are the guys that wear the white hats and they're painting the picture of someone to wear the black hat and they chose me - even though they don't really know me.

Once they put you in like a label category it just haunts you.

I think it's a class thing. There are people that would honestly think Pret a Manger is healthier than Greggs. Why?

Have you ever heard of 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?' I would like to play Sidney Poitier's role - I love that role.

When an American person hears you speak a different language, you're automatically the bad guy.

Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed.

The biggest issue about the height factor is the bias that the NFL has about it.

The most effective adaptation of racism over time is the idea that racism is conscious bias held by mean people.

Ultimately, when you're out on track with your helmet on, nobody can see the driver. Nobody can judge you on what you look like if your hair is long or short, if you're black or you're white, if you're male or female. All that matters is your performance.

You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecies.

I believe it's wrong to say someone can't do his or her job because of their heritage.

Filmmakers would compliment my work, but when casting for a heroine, they'd never think of me.

This schizophrenic thinking that a glamorous heroine cannot act and an actress cannot ooze glamour must go.

Why should you think that a good-looking girl who likes taking care of herself is not as focused as someone who doesn't do all that? Why should I be told to focus on the game and not do any makeup?

I often tell audiences at the start of my shows that I'm not gay because I've got petitions from lesbian groups saying 'Can you tell people you're heterosexual because you're giving us a bad name.'

The black community can be competitive and cautious when it comes to those we want put on display for the world to see and judge. We are a prideful people who believe that anything that will make us seem 'less than' should be hidden.

People can hide behind a screen. No one is going to do it at a match, in front of you, like throw a banana at a black player or something. They are very happy hiding behind a screen and being comfortable.

I feel that discrimination and hierarchy is something that people have to face constantly.

Coming out of school, sometimes people can be theater snobs. I only wanted to do theater, highbrow stuff. But what I learned very quickly is there can be good material in every genre.

The rich do not want people who come from poor families to rise to the highest position in the country.

I feel like comedy is only respected on the highest level, and on every other level, it's like a joke, like, 'Ugh - comedian,' you know?

The French aren't known for being hilarious. When I told Parisians I was interested in French humor, they'd say 'French what?'

Generally, we tend to believe that royalty is only for mainstream Hindi commercial cinema music and maybe some popular ghazal singer or pop singer but we never think that classical music is played at so many places.