Johan Huizinga Quotes

Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.

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

Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

Racism springs from ignorance.

As an African-American, I know all too well the negative thoughts and feelings hatred and bigotry cause.

We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease.

Racism, n. Egotism taking the form of a delusion that one's own race is less depraved and idiotic than the criminal tendencies and gross stupidity exhibited by another.

Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored—it is a shadow over all of us.

The contempt we have been taught to entertain for the blacks, makes us fancy many things that are founded neither in reason nor experience

… defiling the race line

Only those who hate the Negro see hatred in the Negro.

What right do white racist, who believe their race is superior, have for complaining about black racists, who see something special in their own race? What right do black racists, who see a special character in their race, have for complaining about white racists?

There's a little racism out here, always was, and always will be.

Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle still continues.

Racism is felt the most definitely in grassroots football.

It's just a fact. You've got to deal with racism wherever you go.

I believe that racism is a problem, and we need to do something about it.

Anytime you're saying that a person will be thinking one way or another or biased one way or another just based upon race, I just think it's certainly going to be subject to that criticism of racism.

I think everybody's gone through some racist moment in their life.

Not liking me because I'm black is so juvenile and immature, because there's many reasons to not like me.

I couldn't adjust to the racism in Florida.

Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored it is a shadow over all of us, and the shadow is darkest over those who feel it least and allow its evil effects to go on.

There's a lot of racism still alive and still active.

I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere.

You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.