Quotes About Prejudice

I've weeded out some past conditioning that dictates my preferences and prejudices; right now these people are as beautiful as I make them, things are as scary as I allow them to be, and as ugly and nasty as I create them. The world's a beautiful place.

Thats why we'll never get rid of homophobia in this country. The brothers and sisters of homosexuals have too much at stake.

Mr Bliss looked grave. 'Your brother was very sensible to warn you, Miss Astley - but sadly misinformed. There are no trams in Trafalgur Square - only buses and hansoms, and broughams like our own. Trams are for common people; you should have to go quite as far as Kilburn, I'm afraid, or Camden Town, in order to by struck by a tram

Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.

As though to be Jewish weren't trouble enough, the poor woman was German, too.

If someone who had given up his whole life to thinking about goodness and rightness and truth and still expected nuns to cook him his fish fingers (because after all, nuns haven't got anything else better to do, and none of them are ever going to be priests or become the Pope, because women aren't good enough for that), then something was very wrong. How could he have missed the bit about everyone being equal in the eyes of God?

Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently.

74. In 1944 a 16-year-old black student in Columbus, Ohio won an essay contest on the theme 'what to do with Hitler after the war' by submitting a single sentence. "Put him in black skin and let him live the rest of his life in America.

Three brothers living in China want to immigrate to the United States. The brothers are named Bu, Chu, and Fu. So they decide to change their names to seem more American. Bu changed his name to Buck. Chu changed his name to Chuck. And Fu got sent back to China.

A Caucasian man was sitting at the bar when a slightly drunk Chinese man said to him, "I am sick of seeing your big round eyes." The Caucasian replied, "Put on a blindfold." "Where do I get one?" the Chinese man slurred. "Here, take my shoelace.

Q: Why can't Irishmen ever be lawyers? A: They can never make it past the bar.

Q: How do you confuse a blonde? A: You don't. They're born that way.

I know plenty of actresses in their early thirties who look amazing, although there's that old saying: 'Ladies get older, men get more distinguished.'

You think I'm some inbred trailer-trash hick that watches the Springer show?

Thus for me, the principal meaning of being a Jew was something people reliably held against me, a barrier to overcome.

The Mormon mission to Africa, as to other dark-skinned parts of the world, was for a long time hobbled by the racism of the movement's scripture.

In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes.

So many people and institutions are against homosexuals that, as a homosexual, you can't waste your time by trying to convince them that you're a good person.

Why should I hate someone on the basis of their religion, when I can take a little time to get to know them and hate them for a myriad of real reasons.

Prejudice is a great time-saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. Prejudice not being founded on reason cannot be removed by argument.

Many immigrant groups have faced hostility. The Irish did in their time. Jews did. Italians did - and now, Muslim immigrants.

Any time you see a white guy in jail, you know he did something bad.

It's not that I'm racist or anything, because I'm not, but I just don't think we should be wasting our time helping people that are going to die soon anyway.

We're living in an increasingly nationalistic, xenophobic time, and you can see it reflected in societies all over the world.