Quotes About Prejudice

With all of the divisiveness that is going on in the country we live in, so much of it is based around just fear of the other. And anyone who does not look like me, walk like me, talk like me, have sex like me, they're the other and I'm afraid of them. And hopefully we will learn that it's just not scary. There's nothing to be afraid of.

I have met fantastic men in my life and horrible women. I have also met some amazing women and terrible men. I have seen women who are sexists.

My whole life, I was told that the U.S. was a horrible country.

Anti-Semitism is a form of racism, and all forms of racism are horrible.

Racism is like a horror movie. Black kids die because of racism. I don't know what's more horrifying than that.

I always laugh because people assume I love horror because I do a horror movie, but I'm not a huge horror fan.

A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple of times from being beaten up so badly.

I've grown up with racism my entire life. I've been bullied, sent to the hospital, beat up, I've been called a Chink and a Gook. Every single racial slur an Asian person can be called, I've been called it.

One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country.

I tell people all the time, men don't talk to me. Even before I was a household name or whatever, when I went to clubs, people were scared to come to me because of the way I looked.

Being someone that grew up in a biracial household I never really felt accepted by black people when I was a little kid, I didn't feel fully accepted by black kids and I definitely didn't feel fully accepted by white kids cause I just felt like I could never be neither one.

My dad was a cop, you know, and I grew up three houses down from people who used Confederate flags as curtains.

No matter how far you think you have come, racism exists.

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.

You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.

I'm guilty of it myself, sort of thinking, 'Classic novels: snoozeville.' But there is a huge amount of wonderful material.

If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.

When I was in high school, I remember writing a research paper, and the teacher said I should write about Langston Hughes. I felt as if I was the only black dude who didn't like Langston Hughes. He didn't seem as dark and layered as someone like Flannery O'Connor.

Let's face it: there's still a certain amount of racism in human beings, so that shows up in Hollywood.

It seems to be part of the human condition to need someone you can look down on. I still don't get that one.

Racism is a part of human nature, and you're not going to eradicate it; all you can do is try to keep it in check.

Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans.

Humility is considered an un-masculine quality.

It's hard to change someone's ideas when they might not even really consciously know that they're being racist, or have racist ideas, just because ballet has been this way for hundreds of years.