Quotes about Race and racism

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That summer, in any case, all the fears with which I had grown up, and which were now a part of me and controlled my vis — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
What matter most is to complete the journey. — Lailah Gifty Akita
When you've grown up mis-educated, surrounded by fear and hate, unaware of your privilege, lies can sound like the truth — DaShanne Stokes
There is no envy, jealousy, or hatred between the different colors of the rainbow. And no fear either. Because each one — Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
...all the fears with which I had grown up, and which were now a part of me and controlled my vision of the world, rose — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That's no way to live. — DaShanne Stokes
Discrimination does not 'make America great.' It makes America weak. — DaShanne Stokes
Electing a bigot enables further bigotry. — DaShanne Stokes
Racist legacy laws and modern racist practices are all part of the same system, and it needs to be changed now. — DaShanne Stokes
Acknowledging that all our land was stolen from Native people feels like too great a burden, so we create an alternative — Daniel Hill, White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White
If origin defines race, then the entire human race is African. — Abhijit Naskar
When one attains self-knowledge, distinctions of race and religion vanish. — Abhijit Naskar
Only God can break through the variegated walls of skin to capture the one and only hue of the heart. One Blood. — Katelyne Parker, Hosanna
Divided we are as people but if we stand together and fight we as a race will unite. — Alcurtis Turner
The instinct to tell our children that they are better than someone else’s children, based on nothing more than the colo — Aberjhani, Illuminated Corners: Collected Essays and Articles Volume I.
Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions. — DaShanne Stokes
In all his imaginings, he had never envisioned her crying. He knew that her son had died, but he'd never expected that h — Bebe Moore Campbell, Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
It was not only colored people who praised John, since they could not, John felt, in any case really know; but white peo — James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain
In the treatment of poverty nationally, one fact stands out: there are twice as many white poor as Negro poor in the Uni — Martin Luther King Jr.
I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm. — Octavia E. Butler, Kindred