Quotes for All
When I say a girl like me, I bet you think I’m just talking about being fat. How dare you fat-shame me? You think I’m talking about being black? Racist. What makes you think I’m not talking about being smart? What? You don’t think a fat, black girl can be smart or something? Fat-shaming racists … Read more
Me racist? The only race I hate is the one you have to run. Gabriel Iglesias
I was just, you know, kind of getting racist jokes, kind of being isolated from the group. So it was definitely hard. I would come home at night and just cry my eyes out. Gabby Douglas
As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers. Ezra Cornell
I was born black, I attended all Negro schools including college, I grew up in the segregated South during Jim Crow. If anybody knows a racist, I do. Pat Buchanan ain’t no racist. Ezola B. Foster
We’re always learning. We’re all in the process of decolonizing ourselves – removing all the parts of us that are sexist, homophobic, transphobic, racist. I mean, everybody in society needs to be in this process because everybody’s been brought up in a misogynist, racist, homophobic, transphobic culture. Eve Ensler
We live in a racist world. Everywhere there is racism. We say to White people, You really have to examine how you behave in the world. You are responsible for deconstructing internalized racism and being part of a ongoing process of decolonizing yourself. Eve Ensler
First there was racism. Then liberals created institutional racism and coded racism. You can only hear it with a dog whistle. Evan Sayet
Race is the great taboo in our society. We are afraid to talk about it. White folks fear their unspoken views will be deemed racist. People of color are filled with sorrow and rage at unrighted wrongs. Drowning in silence, we are brothers and sisters drowning each other. Once we decide to transform ourselves from … Read more
One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for. Euripides