B. B. King Quotes

There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.

Each one of my movies is going to be about one of these different social demons. The first one, being 'Get Out,' is about race and neglect and marginalization.

We live in a world where racism hasn't changed at all. It's that old thing of, you know, the more things change, the more things remain the same.

Me and discrimination, me and racial profiling... we go way back. We've got history.

I don't want my daughter to ever feel that she can't do something because of her skin colour.

I think about the history of racism in this country all the time.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

I don't think many people understand what racism is. The intellectuals use it like toilet paper; it's something they can use. It's not something they live.

I've always been a fan of issues around race and racialism, and I've loved playing with it. People act as though it isn't an issue, but it's a recurring theme in our lives globally.

Racism is not dead. Definitely, there are these biases.

I know I'm breaking a taboo by using the term antiwhite racism, but I do so intentionally, because it's the reality some of our fellow citizens live with, and remaining quiet about it only aggravates their trauma.

I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.

I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.

If I were white, I'd get less criticism.

I went to an all white school where I dealt with racism.

I find that the prejudice in this country to color is very great, and I sometimes fear that it is on the increase.

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.

Have the colored people done anything to justify the prejudice against them that does exist in the hearts of so many white persons and, generally, of one great political party in this country? Have they done anything to justify it? No, sir.

It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people.

Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.

This is a racist country.

You face racism in small and large ways.

Sure, I've felt racism. I think everybody has prejudice. When I was growing up, the dark Mexican kids weren't allowed in the public swimming pool in Dallas. My light-skinned friend got in, and he laughed at us. It didn't seem like a big deal, because we didn't know any different. So I never ran into anything that actually scarred me.

Racism is a physical experience.

When you educate a negro, you educate a candidate for the penitentiary or spoil a good field hand.