Quotes About Discrimination

Systemically, there hasn't been an oppression more overt and long-lasting than economic oppression against black people and minorities in this country.

Russia isn't only oppressive toward gay people, it is hard on everyone, particularly women.

White Americans have the option of not having to think about race on a daily basis. People of color don't. Race is a major deciding factor in their lives and the histories of their families.

We still have so far to go as a country. People don't like to listen to women or take orders from them. I feel that a lot as a woman playing music.

Our great nation put a man on the moon, but it can't train its cops to distinguish between an ordinary brown-skinned brother and a criminal.

It's not just about showbusiness - everywhere you go people are discriminated against. And if by having an organised voice against inequality and a lack of diversity we might be able to push that down - how brilliant would it be?

Those Oriental people work like dogs.

I love how British people call Asian people 'oriental' unless they're talking about Indian people, who get to be called Asian.

We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation.

No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.

We need to ensure that no one is denied employment, housing, opportunities, or benefits because of their sexual orientation.

Many young people, many children, are being abused, being put down, being bullied because of their sexual orientation.

No American should have to live in constant fear that their employer can fire them just because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

I believe that individuals in our country should not face discrimination for their sex or their gender or their sexual orientation.

The federal government has no business in restricting basic human rights based on sexual orientation, and I am ready to protect equality at every turn in Congress.

You can't confuse safety with religion or national origin.

So the mayor of New Orleans would have used his own buses had the people had been white?

Latinos come from different countries, and they tend to segregate with only their country instead of embracing all the other countries, because in reality, all the Latinos are going through the same experiences of discrimination and racism.

We are in the year 2013, and racism is still amongst us and is still a problem. It's not simply an argument for the History Channel or something that belongs to the past or something that only happens in other countries.

Dark skin is considered less than light skin in the in the minds of many in our community and in the media.

It is not right that in 2019 the lives of too many of our people are still subject to a postcode lottery.

Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America and the Jewish people in Russia, and that the Jewish people's problems were worse than ours.

There's a little racism out here, always was, and always will be.

Differences in racial outcomes are not the same thing as institutional racism any more than the fact that far more men than women are locked up is evidence of institutional sexism.