Joe Morton Quotes

My belief system is that you laugh at racism, and that's how it goes away.

We are out to defeat injustice and not white persons who may be unjust.

We are looking forward to a non-racial, just and egalitarian society in which color, creed and race shall form no point of reference.

Is the Jew a man? He is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh, my fellow; and he shall not, if I can prevent it, be a slave! I demand for him equal rights and privileges, and a place within the pale of the Constitution!" Let all the people say, Even so, AMEN!

Yes, we become stronger when black and whites, Latino, Asian American, Native American, when all of us stand together.

The fight against racism must be seen as a revolutionary one.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

In September of 2015, I did the unthinkable: I used my second-ever runway show to bring awareness to the Black Lives Matter movement. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do professionally. It was lonely.

You can't expect to go about change - especially change of this nature, when you talk about racial equality and justice - you can't expect to go about or engage in that without resistance, and so you're going to have some people who aren't on board.

I want to thank the fans across the country who have supported me in this effort to fight for equality and justice. I want to thank those that have dedicated their lives to this fight, as I know that it is not easy. And I want to challenge those who stay silent to be courageous and use your platforms to become part of the solution. God Bless.

There is no future without all of us - black, brown and white - coming together.

Let's stand together, stick together, and work together for justice of every description. Racial justice. Gender justice. Immigrant justice. Economic justice. Environmental justice.

As the Trump administration takes office - and we see acts of racism, misogyny, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination around the country - ask yourself, 'What's important to me? What do I care about? What have I benefitted from that I want to pay forward?' Then look for ways to spread help and hope.

During the worst days of apartheid, we turned to the church for hope and courage as we fought a righteous struggle for a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist, just, and prosperous South Africa.

To stand together against homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and racist agendas. I’m an optimist and I can’t help but feel hopeful about the future of film - especially looking at all the beautiful people in this room. Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.’ I would like to encourage everyone in this room to please speak up.

There are many pointers in the Bible concerning the rightness, the goodness, the beauty, the justice, the preciousness of racial harmony and diversity.

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.

Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'

Finally, let understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.

Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to stopping racism.

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together.

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.

We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.