Quotes About Prejudice

Growing up where I'm from, some people are afraid of cops. They don't really like cops. And what a lot of people don't realize is, they're really not the bad guys. They're really on our side, they're really trying to help us out. And sometimes, we don't understand that.

I'm scared if the cops pull me over.

I'm black so I've been getting eyed by cops my whole life.

No corner of the world is free from group scorn.

Some people write me off as a bit of a hick from an Essex council estate. I realize that. But I can read.

As soon as I speak, I think people go, 'Well, he obviously must have grown up on a council estate, gone to a comprehensive school and be working class - so I can relate to him.'

I've lost count of the times I've been asked what I do for a living. When I say rugby people say: 'Yes, but what's your other job?'

Sexism is real in this country.

Children will go with any story as long as it's good, but white adults sometimes think that if a black child's on the cover, it is perhaps not for them.

I learned early on that 'Billy on the Street' is a great lesson in 'Don't judge a book by its cover.'

A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and they're not used to it. So growing up, I just had to work on my people skills and give people a chance to really know me besides the clothing.

People say: 'Oh, Covid only affects people with pre-existing health conditions,' like that's alright.

I think you can tell a lot by someone's footwear - cowboy boots would put me off, as would a man in Ugg boots or Crocs.

White people scare the crap out of me.

A bigot is simply a sociologist without credentials.

If anyone wants to abuse other people for whatever colour, race or creed they are, then it's just stupidness, isn't it?

We, as a nation, have always worshipped cricket and cricket players, and even football. But kabaddi and kushti are seen fit only for villagers. That's changing now.

Most people cringe at the thought of a casserole.

There is too much acceptance of people saying, 'I am a math person, or I am an artsy person.' It makes me cringe.

Anytime you're saying that a person will be thinking one way or another or biased one way or another just based upon race, I just think it's certainly going to be subject to that criticism of racism.

If I play a cop, it's always a racist cop or a trigger-happy cop or a crooked cop - but by and large I play cowboys, bikers, and convicts.

We, as black people, we have a lot of crooks.

Malorie Blackman's 'Noughts & Crosses' was my favourite as a kid - it was the first time I'd heard of interracial courtship outside of my family.

I'm all about the crossover. The role doesn't necessarily have to be white or Latina or black. It could be anything. But it's hard in Hollywood, because sometimes it's all about the box office. Or all about looks and things like that. It's not about the story that they have to tell.