Quotes About Prejudice

The best way to protect young black, brown, men of color, women of color, is to actually stop profiling, stop the prejudice, and stop the judgment first.

Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.

British women can't cook.

For some people, it's like I can't be a good actress because I grew up with a silver spoon.

Just because someone doesn't have a silver spoon in their mouth doesn't mean they can't be highly intelligent.

Just because I am a Muslim doesn't mean that I need to live in a certain way and sport a certain look.

Racism still exists in the sport of boxing.

But yet I don't think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it's bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.

For those of you who aren't aware I am Jewish, the name might have given it away, and there were no other Jewish kids on my football team, so it was an adjustment for me because the kids didn't exactly love the fact that there was a Jewish kid taking their spot.

Redlining went beyond FHA-backed loans and spread to the entire mortgage industry, which was already rife with racism, excluding black people from most legitimate means of obtaining a mortgage.

It's my job to accept my youth, to spread my story, to let people know who I am as an individual, because there's so many people who are blinded and think less of me because of my skin color.

Racism springs from ignorance.

Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bible.

Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign.

The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling because when I was a little girl I remember the horror of the East St. Louis race riot.

How you frame a debate is very important. When you call someone an 'illegal alien,' you've already stacked the deck against them.

Just by saying it is wrong to be racist and saying we are going to arrest people and kick them out of stadiums does not stop them being racist.

No, people don't heckle me. I think it's because there's this big, black guy on stage and it's slightly daunting.

I worry that every time I lay down my credit card of choice, it says something about me. About my social standing or how I see myself. The very colour of your card is an indication of where you stand in the wealth stakes.

People always ask me why I still want to play, but I want to know why no one will give me an opportunity. It's like they put a stamp on me: 'Hall of Fame. You're done. That's it.'

I have about as much control over how I look as the guy who's short and looks more like a character actor - we both have the same drive to be actors and we both have the same drive to assume these different characters, it's just harder for me to get the chance because they look at me and say, 'Oh, he's this type,' and they stamp me.

I'm always going to say, 'I think there is racism' and I want to stamp it out.

We would never ask any other faith community to stand up and condemn acts of violence committed by people within their groups. The fact that this is only directed at the Muslim community is something that I personally can't accept.

People ask if I'm concerned about getting pigeonholed. No one asks, 'Ellen, you've done seven straight roles in a row. Shouldn't you shake it up, do something queer?' There's still that double standard.