Quotes About Discrimination

Hollywood had a history of whitewashing and not representing.

They're not going to have a homeless person on a poster representing New York.

Homosexuals cannot reproduce, so they must recruit.

There is this huge Roma problem in Europe. There are a lot of Romas who are discriminated against in countries like the Czech Republic or Hungary. They are an ethnic minority that in Europe everyone loves to hate.

Go down to the Republican headquarters. They ain't got a single black working there. Not one.

Any time something goes wrong, Republicans pick on women and minorities.

I would walk into a room, and people would be like, 'Hide the children. Here comes the guy with AIDS.' That's very demeaning, and it really hurts your spirit.

I'm black and white, so either, sometimes, you're not considered by the breakdown of the script: you're not 'black enough' for this role. Or you're not 'white enough' for this role. Or, like, looking up to people, who do I identify with? And not seeing Barbies that maybe look like me.

Have I had experiences by other people identifying me as black and behaving towards me as black? Yes. Just for as long as maybe somebody who was born categorised as black? No.

This is the whole point of intersectionality - that it cannot only be a single-issue analysis of race and gender, and instead must consider the cumulative impact of various and simultaneous identities that compound the effects of discrimination.

Even though the party or ideology of government is important, after the formation of the government it's the duty of the government either at the Centre or at the state to work impartially without any discrimination.

The Internet is working because it's free and open, and there's no discrimination. Without these rules, ISPs could treat content differently based on commercial interests or even ideology.

Anybody who is racist, I just I think they are an idiot.

The marriage equality ruling establishes for the American public where the majority already are - which is that love is love and discriminating against a human being based on love is idiotic.

Fear and ignorance fuel so much homophobia.

Anti-Semitism is a rotten thing. It's an ignorant, stupid, horrible thing. As is anti-Muslim feeling. They have to be together.

There are ignorant individuals in every city.

I would be ignorant to say colorism doesn't exist; it's gross and disgusting.

Everyone knows their wrong from right, so when people are being racist, they know they're being ignorant.

All too often, girls are ignored because their challenges aren't thought to be as serious as those faced by boys.

Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.

We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.

If we can look at another human being and categorise them as 'illegal,' or that chilling American word 'alien,' then what has become of our own humanity?

Racial discrimination is illegal. It's illegal in the United States. It's illegal in Arizona. It has been and it will continue to be.