Quotes About Discrimination

Up until recently, I've said, 'I don't notice the sexism in the industry.'

Reckless capitalism kills black people.

There are still states that have not evolved so much as California, that still skimp on recognition and, even worse, the rights of immigrants.

Because women of color were more likely to be in the paid labor force, they were more likely to recognize discrimination, so they were always leading the women's movement.

Race is still real and you got to recognize it.

Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.

Bahai Iranians are barred from holding government jobs, their children are excluded from the nation's university system, their marriages are not recognized and their cemeteries and holy places have been desecrated. It is government policy to incite hatred of Bahais in the official media.

As I got older, I had to learn to not have people speak for me. It was the first time I recognized, 'Oh, sometimes people are going to condescend to me because I'm a woman, or sometimes people aren't going to give me opportunities because of the way I look.'

I cannot reconcile monitoring certain people for no reason other than their religion with the freedom of religion we have here in America.

I had ballooned out to close to 400 pounds at one point. And in the '80s, we were just beginning to get on video and disco. So therefore, I did not fit in, and my record company let me go because they said, 'Look, you're just not marketable enough with the weight problem.'

When I tried to get a record deal, only one label wanted me. The rest said 'oh, we've already got a girl with a guitar.' Can you imagine them ever saying that to a guy?

At my second record label, they told me and other female artists that some of us were going on the chopping block. I was 19... and it was devastating.

Private landlords as well as public landlords are free to discriminate against people with criminal records for the rest of their lives. You come out of prison, and where are you expected to go?

The cyclical rebirth of caste in America is a recurring racial nightmare.

The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.

Red hair stigmatizes you.

I do know that people treat me different with blonde hair than they do with red hair.

If you do a cable show, you have a radio show, whatever, if you're fat and you've got red hair, look, they're going to pick on you.

I'm not Irish. Just because I have red hair doesn't mean I'm a lucky charm, you know?

People are racist about redheads in a way they'd never dare to be about black or Asian people.

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

A black athlete being reduced to a savage is, sadly, nothing new.

It's hard to always be reduced to the way you look or your sex appeal or what that is.

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.