Quotes About Prejudice

Donald Trump has been horrendous, saying things are bad because of Muslims or Mexicans. This is exactly what happened in the 1930s in Germany, and it's gonna get worse.

There is a racist attack against Muslims and Arabs, Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians in France.

For many Americans, Osama bin Laden is the paradigmatic Muslim, an absurd conviction for anyone who has lived with Muslims.

This ISIS group, they attack Muslims more than they attack anyone else.

Most Americans do really think that Muslims all want to take over and they don't want democracy and they want nothing but Islamic law.

I grew up in Varanasi where there would be a communal riot every other week. Then I moved to Aligarh, where the Muslims made me feel completely at home. They never made me feel different, so when did this business of 'them' and 'us' start?

There's a general ignorance about how Muslims live and what Muslims believe.

I think that Muslims are criticised all around the world.

When the fascists are through with the Muslims and Christians, they will turn on the others.

The thing that we need to move on from is any time you meet somebody, we always say, 'Oh, this is my friend so-and-so. And, you know, he's a Republican.' You know, we always label each other as a liberal or as a conservative or as a Democrat or as a Republican.

A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.

In the 'era of colorblindness,' there's a nearly fanatical desire to cling to the myth that we, as a nation, have 'moved beyond' race.

There are a lot of myths about gay people.

I've experienced cyberbullying my entire life due to just having a last name that people knew.

When I first came along in the business, they didn't really like the idea of my name being Raquel.

You know what? At the end of the day, funny is funny. I hope to see the end of all the female cliches that are written in a lot of comedies that are named chick flicks.

Never eat at a Chinese restaurant named Mama Teresa's Trattoria.

When you hear of somebody named Goldberg, you think of a guy sitting behind a desk investing your money.

I throw the shot put, people expect me to look like somebody named Helga and not put on make up to be considered serious about my sport.

I do not want to name any individual names, but I felt like when I was working in Hollywood, there were some fellow colleagues of mine who didn't even look me in the eyes because I was Asian.

I think you can tell a great deal from a name. For me, there are certain names that I hear, and I think, 'Urgh.' For me, a name is a shortcut of finding out what class that child comes from and makes me ask, 'Do I want my children to play with them?'

The great evil of American slavery was involuntary servitude or forced labor. I really believe that the true evil of American slavery was the narrative of racial difference that we created to justify it.

I think there is this narrative that if you are a black woman, and you are strong, and you are educated, it's like, 'Good luck getting a black man.'

Whether it's in Jobcentres or in Whitehall, young people are constantly coming up against a narrative that portrays them as lazy and feckless, when in reality nothing could be further from the truth.