Quotes About Prejudice

But the others also had wronged the Z'zus, to begin with, by calling them 'immigrants', on the pretext that, since the others had been there first, the Z'zus had come later. This was mere unfounded prejudice—that seems obvious to me—because neither before nor after existed, nor any place to immigrate from, but there were those who insisted that the concept of 'immigrant' could be understood in the abstract, outside of space and time.

If you think Sigourney Weaver is sexy then you are a homosexual.

In 1845, the Bunker Hill Aurora warned that foreigners were landing at the rate of "13,400 a month!!! 466 a day!!! 19 an hour!!!" Three years later, the same paper declared: "Our country is literally being overrun with the miserable, vicious, and unclean paupers of the old country.

The Dearborn was typical of the schools in Boston's predominantly black neighborhoods, and the more Rachel saw of them, the more she despaired of her children's ever getting a decent education there. They were hardly schools at all, she thought, more like warehouses where the kids were stored for a few years, sorted, labeled, and packed for shipment to the menial, low-paying jobs at which they would be doomed to labor the rest of their lives.

I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color.

I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

So everybody who talks about homosexuals as a damnation better look in a mirror and try to heal their own selves. Who they call homosexuals do, at least, act out of their love. That's better than the hate a whole lot of people act out of.

You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.

Bigotry is probably the thing I detest most.

Racism is a phenomenal thing; it is like a thick mist that obscures the vision and judgement of even great minds.

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

the big idea of U.S. history: the subjugation of people of color by a succession of social systems, from the genocide of Indigenous people to slavery to mass incarceration.

Most of these centers had the same basic floor plan; but I was absolutely, one hundred percent unprepared to encounter a freaking swastika!

But you must remember that they are Viennese and nobody is good enough for the Viennese.

When he drew back she said, 'Don't you mind?' 'Mind what?' he whispered. 'My skin. Don't you mind kissing a coloured girl?

Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.

Football Players Are Really Dumb

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

How can people be so blinded by prejudice as to not see the common humanity?

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

For me, my discomfort with gay weddings was articulated by a close friend, who observed that gay people getting married is like retarded people getting together to give each other PhDs. It doesn't make them smarter, and it doesn't make us married.

People can get upset at the fact that someone resigned. I'm much more focused on the fact that people are harming themselves and, sometimes, taking their own lives, because of bigotry and prejudice. (in response to criticism for his views on ex-Essendon FC CEO Andrew Thorburn's links to a controversial church, saying the issues are "much much bigger" than a footy club)

We must abandon the prevalent belief in the superior wisdom of the ignorant.