#racism

Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#experience #imagine #judicial #latina #makes

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 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

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

— Jane Elliot

#country #education #how #maintain #perpetuate

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

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#common #common sense #our #place #racism

Some white people Hate black people, and some white people Love black people, Some black people Hate white people, and some black people Love white people. So you see, it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters. ↗

— Eden Ahbez

#love

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground. ↗

— Richard Pryor

#before #gone #hypocrisy #lot #more

Initially, the purveyors of racism need no more than the silent acquiescence of the public ... [I]t is never too soon to confront bigotry and racism whenever, wherever, and in whatever form it raises its ugly head. It is incumbent upon all people to confront even the slightest hint of racist thought or action with zero tolerance. ↗

— Hans J. Massaquoi

#civil-rights #equality #freedom #racism #equality

Oddly, I had never thought of myself as a feminist. I had been denounced by certain radical feminist collectives as a ‘lackey’ for men. That charge was based on my having written and sung two albums of songs that my female accusers claimed elevated and praised men. Resenting that label, I had joined the majority of black women in America in denouncing feminism… . The feminists were right. The value of my life had been obliterated as much by being female as by being black and poor. Racism and sexism in America were equal partners in my oppression. ↗

— Elaine Brown

#equality

The relevant question is not whether back then a few extraordinary individuals could overcome a system strongly weighted against them or whether today an admittedly far greater number requiring far less talent can succeed. The real question is whether it's harder for the people in this audience to succeed be they extraordinary, average, or below average. If it is, and I think it obvious that it is, then that's untenable in a country that purports to provide equal opportunity for all. Now of course you'll dispute my claim that it is more difficult to succeed for them. You say the battle's over. I say not only is it not over but you yourself are stationed on the frontline of the battle and have been all these years. This room and the criminal justice system as a whole is the frontline. This is where modern-day segregation lives on. ↗

— Sergio De La Pava

#colorblind-racism #courts #criminal-justice #law #prison