Racial Quotes

I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over. Jimmy Carter
Time You Say Frankly Over Discrimination Quite Quite Frankly Racial
When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn't like it. John Lewis
Waiting Women Signs Men White Saw Those Segregation Colored Like Said Up Discrimination Racial White Women Growing Growing Up
Beware of generalizations about any faith because they sometimes amount to the religious equivalent of racial profiling. Hinduism contained both Gandhi and the fanatic who assassinated him. Nicholas Kristof
Faith Sometimes Religious About Both Generalizations Contained Beware Him Because Hinduism Equivalent Any Fanatic Racial Gandhi Who Amount Profiling
The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life. Robert Kennedy
Life Sports Speak World Competition Political Language Whatever Differences Religious Athletes Come Knows Same Land Racial Lessons
Among the qualities most needed among those who aspire to true leadership in the fostering of peace and goodwill among the nations and in overcoming racial and religious antagonism is the cooperative spirit and objective. John Mott
Leadership Peace Those Religious Spirit Objective True Goodwill Most Overcoming Qualities Antagonism Nations Racial Aspire Who Fostering Cooperative Among Needed
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice. Mark Pryor
Time Day Democracy Justice Courage Champion Equality Compassion Honor King Nation About Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr Through Greatest Nonviolence Taught Racial Who Luther
A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people. Richard M. Nixon
Conflict People President Reconciliation Only Divides Hearts American Ask Racial
The eradication of racial and religious prejudice in the United States - and in the rest of the world as well - is a long-term process. Robert Kennedy
World Rest States Religious Long-Term Well Process Racial Prejudice United United States
I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while longtime servants, for whom they quite clearly had some affection, were well within earshot. Walter Cronkite
Jokes Affection Some Blacks Never Had Spoke Clearly Longtime Well Within Were Surprised Southern Quite While Clubs Racial Whites Whom Homes Servants
The black masses must demand and refuse to accept nothing less than that proportionate percentage of the political spoils such as jobs, elective offices and appointments... They must reject the shameful racial tokenism that characterizes the political life of America today. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Life Today Political Black Nothing Jobs Must Percentage Shameful Spoils Demand Masses Accept Political Life Than America Offices Refuse Racial Elective Less Reject Appointments
I believe that Christianity in the United States has been dragging its feet, and I don't think there's any other force in America that has been more detrimental to the solution of our racial problems than Christianity. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Problems Believe Think Christianity Other Our I Believe I Believe That States Has-Been Solution More Detrimental Feet Force Been Than America Any Racial United United States Dragging
There is no such thing as talking about class without there being implications of the racial history of the United States. You just can't do it. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
History You Class States About Implications Talking Without Just Being Racial United United States Thing
Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments. Benjamin Todd Jealous
Trust Law Police Innocent Nation National Past Our Resources Those Law Enforcement Crucial Individuals Between Like Look Sound Discourse Departments Place Them Racial Enforcement Communities Who Actions Serve Profiling Needed
They came down on us because we had a grass-roots, real people's revolution, complete with the programs, complete with the unity, complete with the working coalitions, where we crossed racial lines. Bobby Seale
People Revolution Down Unity Programs Complete Crossed Had Because Real Came Lines Where Racial Us Working Coalition
People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we've not engaged in. Eric Holder
People Fear Will Think Way Characterized Out About Uncomfortable Feel Fair Talking Still Dialogue Issues Not Fair Racial Engaged Express Things Need
Is Donald Trump a fascist? It's an interesting question that has generated insightful commentary over the past few months, with the best answers situating Trumpian illiberalism within America's long history of racial oppression, slavery, Jim Crow apartheid, and the ongoing backlash to the loss of white privilege. Greg Grandin
Best History Oppression Long Past Few White Jim Jim Crow Months Backlash Insightful Ongoing Crow Long History Over Within Answers Loss Question Trump Commentary Privilege America Donald Donald Trump Apartheid Interesting Racial Fascist Slavery
It's not the people in the South who create racial problems - it's the people who are governing. Nat King Cole
People Problems Governing South Racial Create Who
In countries where there are no racial differences or no religious differences, people find other reasons to set aside one certain group of people and generally spit in their direction. Octavia E. Butler
People Differences Group Other Find Religious Direction Spit Generally Countries Where Aside Racial Certain Reasons Set
There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere. Sidney Poitier
Everywhere Hopelessness Domination Racial Ethnic
The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries toward self-determination and self-government. It should offer resistance to foreign aggression, and simultaneously, it should revise foreign treaties in order to restore our equality and independence among the nations. Sun Yat-sen
Government Equality Independence National Our Guide Weak Restore Small Toward Simultaneously Boundaries Self-Determination Self-Government Within Foreign Revise Offer Nations Order Racial Should Aggression Help Groups Among Resistance Treaties
It is of the highest importance to provide equal access to the labour market. Governments should act to establish equitable employment standards and penalise racial discrimination. Tariq Ramadan
Market Highest Importance Equal Employment Access Equitable Provide Governments Discrimination Labour Establish Racial Should Act Standards
Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow. Thomas Sowell
Prosperity Poverty Own Rose Follow Having Seldom Leaders Did Racial Ethnic Groups
Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue. Adam Cohen
Rights Age Women Rights Issue Minorities Civil Civil Rights Issue Discrimination Against Racial Illegal Compared Second-Class
From racial profiling and being pulled over just for 'driving while black' to this new phenomenon of killing unarmed people out of some preconceived idea of fear, our lives and our children's lives are not being valued. Al Sharpton
People Fear Black Our Our Lives Valued Out Unarmed Some Driving Idea Over New Preconceived Just Being Children While Racial Lives Profiling Phenomenon Pulled
All women, regardless of her economic status or racial background, have a right to vote, and no politician or regressive law should prevent her from doing so. Al Sharpton
Vote Women Law Politician Background Status All Women Prevent Economic Doing Regardless Racial Should Her Right
What Republicans need to do is to go back to their roots - starting with Lincoln - and remind the nation that they are the party of national growth, racial equality and unity of purpose. These Lincolnian themes will serve Republicans - and the nation - much better than becoming the party on the lookout for the supposed rat head of higher taxes. Alan Siegel
Equality Better Will Rat Party Nation National Unity Back Purpose Higher Higher Taxes Head Remind Supposed Lookout Becoming Lincoln Go Than Republicans Taxes Themes Racial Much Roots Serve Growth Starting Need
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