Lilly Singh Quotes

It may be a task that's so Herculean, but I think it's a worthy goal to try to open up America to individuals who just so happen to have a different skin color, that they have every right and every freedom to think what they want to think.

It is paramount that we take control of the story behind our movement, which is that we seek equality for all Americans, no matter their race or gender.

It's not enough to just not be racist. You've got to be anti-racist. You've got to hold everybody accountable.

I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation - you know the rest.

All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up.

What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black.

We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice; the only way to prevent future injustice is to create the society we would like to see, one where we are all equal under the law.

I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.

Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.

American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.

In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law.

Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from.

Giving voice to marginalised characters is extremely important to me. I want to explore the pain of disenfranchisement, the social strata and boundaries we create and how to make them more permeable.

If we say we believe in equality for all then we must fight for equality for all, not betray our immigrant sisters.

Unless we bring in blacks as full partners, my country won’t be fit for my grandchildren.

This country's policies should be heavily biased in favor of non-discrimination.

The work does not end with the abolition of slavery but only begins.

I believe the time has come for equal rights for everyone in this country, even for white people.

I am working for the time when unqualified Blacks, Browns and women join the unqualified men in running our government.

Those of us who are in leadership positions from the South have a special responsibility for civil rights.

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!

We can and must take needed action in all our programs to assure equal treatment and equal opportunity in their benefits to all of our citizens irrespective of race, color or creed.

When I say there should not be a BET channel or a Black History Month, I'm saying we deserve more. I just hope people understand that I'm not judging; I'm coming from experience.

The only part of my mother's experience that still gets to me is the way she and people like her were looked down upon for asking America to be America, for asking for full and equal participation in our democracy.

After all we have been through, blacks and other minorities deserve to be protected, as anyone else.