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#racism

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Seems to me that the institutions that function in this country are clearly racist, and that they're built upon racism.


Stokely Carmichael


#clearly #country #function #institutions #me

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.


Angela Davis


#bring #first #increase #less #paying

I believe in the law. I think we have a great system of justice. But I do think that system of justice has been corrupted by racism and classism. I think it's difficult for 'poor people' - poor white people, brown people - to be treated fairly before the law in the same way that upper-class people are.


Henry Louis Gates


#before #believe #brown #corrupted #difficult

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.


Miriam Makeba


#ant #cope #crushes #endowed #greater

However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.


Ed Markey


#also #board #brown #celebrate #certainly

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.


Iris Chang


#another #crisis #economic #economic crisis #exploited

Beneath the armor of skin/and/bone/and/mind most of our colors are amazingly the same.


Aberjhani


#color #diversity #ethnic-cultures #ethnic-groups #ethnicity

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.


Jane Elliot


#country #education #how #maintain #perpetuate

Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.


Denis Leary


#end #folks #hates #i #know

Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.


Steven Patrick Morrissey


#common #common sense #our #place #racism






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