Quotes About Prejudice

You know, people aren't always the most open-minded.

I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves.

Skinheads and Neo-Nazis are commonly known to openly attack people who get in their way or don't agree with them and their agenda.

An openly gay footballer would be exposed to abusive comments.

Once, the arts were opera, ballet, classical music, and everything else deemed highbrow.

Although our rules and laws are now officially colorblind, they operate to discriminate in a grossly disproportionate fashion.

In most science-fiction pictures, the black guy is either an engineer or a radio operator, and he is the first guy killed - gone from the movie.

Don't make an opinion on me if you don't know nothin' about me.

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

I was told that since I am such an opinionated woman, people would think 10 times before approaching me for their films.

Women have no appreciation of good looks—at least, good women have not.

You are unjust to women in England. And till you count what is a a shame in a woman to be an infamy in a man, you will always be unjust, and Right, that pillar of fire, and Wrong, that pillar of cloud, will be made dim to your eyes, or be not seen at all, or if seen, not regarded.

That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people would want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.

Society--civilized society, at least--is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating.

All through schools, jobs, and bumming, I haven't even held the hand of a Mexican woman, excepting whores who are all the same anyhow

Such a one, in George's opinion, was this gurgling excrescence underneath the silk hat. He comprised in his single person practically all the qualities which George disliked most. He was, for a young man, extraordinarily obese. Already a second edition of his chin had been published, and the perfectly-cut morning coat which encased his upper section bulged out in an opulent semi-circle. He wore a little moustache, which to George's prejudiced eye seemed more a complaint than a moustache.

Fear and Bigotry are bred fom isolation and ignorance. -Shekinah

You know that prejudice isn't logical, which is why it is so hard to overcome.

Remember the lesson our ancestors learned with their precious blood: Fear and bigotry are bred from isolation and ignorance.

Segregation breeds ignorance, and ignorance breeds fear.

anyone looking at you would write you off as a brainless nincompoop with about as much intelligence as a dead rabbit.

I don't understand a word you say. You're English, aren't you? I admitted it. She didn't say a word. And somehow she did it in a way that made it worse than if she had spoken for hours. Somehow it was brought home to me that she didn't like Englishmen, and that if she had had to meet an Englishman, I was the one she'd have chosen last.

Yet what I truly disliked, in certain gloomy moments and not always consciously, was my skin color itself

Even bullets are nothing compared to the ax murderers in people's eyes.