Quotes About Prejudice

There are some policemen who overuse force, especially when there's an African-American involved, regardless of age.

If you're white working with non-white people, you will be branded as a colonialist by some people, regardless of your efforts or intentions.

Everyone in the world, regardless if they're Muslim or not, does not have to adhere to the label society slaps on you.

As a woman people judge you on your looks regardless of the fact you're just there to race.

I'm not saying this is all men, but in my experience as a woman, I'm not taken as seriously in a leadership role regardless of how good I am at what I'm doing.

Between the two dream coasts, we're just called flyover country... If you aren't known as an amorphous Eastern Seaboard writer, you're dismissed as a regional author.

Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.

If I was fat and had a strong regional accent and was a bloke, I'd be a stand-up. Because I think I'm funny.

It's inevitable that not everyone will like me, and that some will find me annoying. That's fine. All presenters deal with that. What's scary is the ignorance about what having a regional accent means, or indeed doesn't mean. It certainly doesn't equal ignorance.

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.

Having children has no bearing on the ability to be PM. I deeply regret that anyone has got the impression that I think otherwise.

People who like girl bands are really different from regular band fans.

I don't usually see my type for on-camera stuff as a series regular. Normally, my type is the janitor, the secretary, the cop, or the nurse.

When he was not talking about race, David Duke was a very pleasant guy to talk to. He was a very nice conversationalist. He seemed like a regular guy on the phone when the subject wasn't on race and on Jews and ethnicity.

Honestly, being a doctor could make you more close minded than regular people.

When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'

I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.

Far too often, I have been accepted or rejected for work because of the color of my skin.

So I was really excited when I came to America about meeting black people. But it was a huge culture shock, because I was rejected by the black community. They were like, 'You talk like a white girl.' People would call me an Oreo. All I wanted was acceptance.

The rejection I received when I was young for being a homosexual... that's nothing compared to the number you do on yourself when you've been taught that you are not a human like other people.

In our culture the idea of being fair-skinned is related to success. And we think that is the truth. Unfortunately, the beauty, fashion and Bollywood industry are to be blamed.

Boston is pretty infamous for race relations.

The great drama at the core of American race relations is always the same: Can black Americans ever be truly equal - are they capable of achieving it and are others capable of accepting it?

I think we are progressing with race relations but assumptions hold us back.