Quotes About Prejudice

You know you're down and out when Okies laugh at you,' she said. With our garbage bag taped window, our tied down hood, and art supplies strapped to the roof, we'd out-Okied the Okies.

The other kids stared at us whispering among themselves, but they also kept distance, as if they hadn't decided whether we were predators or prey.

Qué absurdos se vuelven nuestros odios cuando sólo podemos reconocerlos en las circunstancias más obvias.

If the Jew did not exist, the anti-Semite would invent him.

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.

Where I live in Manhattan and where I work at ABC, people say conservative the way people say child molester.

If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them.

Stupidity and unconscious bias often work more damage than venality.

The prejudice is against men and women - assuming men stay at work. That's the reason why we don't have enough women in the halls of power - the prejudice is pushing women to go home.

The trouble is when people read about authors, they don't feel compelled to read the authors' work.

The definition of woman's work is shitwork.

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

Always suspect any job men willingly vacate for women.

Discrimination is not a national defense strategy!

You get racism crossing the street; it's in the very fabric of American society.

Some male colleagues, just as in accountancy, had doubts about whether women could perform some roles. There was a sense that women needed more protection or if men were out on the street they would be distracted by having to look after a female colleague.

I'm about looking at each of those perceived menacing black men that you see in the streets all over the place, people that you oftentimes will walk past without assuming that they have the same humanity, fears that we all do.

When I see gay people holding hands or kissing in the streets, I just don't think that's right.

Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.'

While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice.

Russian children typically hear racist and ethnic slurs against Caucasus natives at home before hearing it on the streets.

Racism is real; it exists here and now. You can find it on the streets, in your office, and in football stadiums.

People say if you're being bullied don't go online. But we don't tell a women not to walk the streets.