Quotes About Prejudice

And they gazed at themselves in it, side by side and hand in hand, and they beheld neither gods nor monsters. They were so nearly unchanged, and yet that one thing - the color of their skin - would, in the real world, change everything.

You needn't trouble yourself. He's only a librarian.

I shudder to think. I might wear lace collars and laugh flower petals and pearls. People might try to pat me. I see them think it. My height triggers the puppy-kitten reflex- Must touch-and I've found that since you can't electrify yourself like a fence, the next best thing is to have murderer's eyes.

Kitchens and women were both subjects that simply did not intrigue him.

You've got to have, like, a lentil for a soul to hate wiener dogs.

yet that one thing—the color of their skin—would, in the real world, change everything. Sarai

Zuzana wondered if she could have been wrong about him, but dismissed the thought. Anyone who would wear all white like that clearly had issues. Just looking at him made her wish she had a paintball gun, but hell, you couldn't pack for every eventuality.

as if hate were an atavism just waiting to resurface.

Come on, their problem isn't that they're human. It's that they're subhuman." "True

For years I have lived with words and terms that divide people, words that mark who is to be exterminated and who is to be spared.

This story is blowing up because of the racism of the white American community. Look to your own families, people, and don't throw stones.

In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.

Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.

Negro blood is sure powerful—because just one drop of black blood makes a colored man. One drop—you are a Negro!… Black is powerful.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

Murmuring gentlyOver fraises du bois,"I'm so ashamed of being white."

Justice That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes.

Good people are not that good. To tell the truth, if I were white, no matter how much I loved Negroes, I doubt that I would submit myself to Jim Crow living conditions just to prove my love." "Neither would I," said Simple. "Then you would not be very good, either." "No," said Simple, "but I would be white.

Why did you ask me to live with you? Werewolves hate vampires." "I don't," said Kyle." I'm not too fond of their kind, though." He jabbed a finger at Jace. "They think they're better than everyone else." "No," said Jace. "I think I'm better than everyone else. An opinion that has been backed up with ample evidence." Kyle looked at Simon. "Does he always talk like this?" "Yes.

There will always be those who want to tell you who you are based on your name or the blood in your veins. Do not let other people decide who you are. Decide for yourself.

he's probably never met a six-foot tall hot elf-women in a fur bikini either.

No, I couldn't," Alec said. "I hate it when straight guys think all gay guys are attracted to them. I'm not attracted to every guy any more than you're attracted to every girl.

When a decision like that is made by a government, it emboldens those who are already prejudiced to speak their deepest thoughts of hate. They assume they are simply brave enough to say what everyone really thinks.

In all Gabriel's life he could not remember his brother giving even the prettiest of Shadowhunter girls a second glance. Yet he looked at this scarred mundane servant as if she were the sun rising. It was inexplicable, but it was also undeniable. He could see the horror on his brother's face as Sophie's good opinion of him shattered before his eyes.