Amir Khan Quotes

The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.

If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.

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

If you're white, You're all right. If you're brown, Stick around. But if you're black, Get back, get back.

Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very perceptions, threaded through how someone looks at you, treats you, thinks about you and your potential.

Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else.

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.

There's no such thing as reverse racism.

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.

Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,' that wasn't necessarily true in the N.F.L.

My personal opinion is that you can't be racist towards white people. You can be prejudiced about them, but being prejudiced isn't an illegal act, whereas being racist can be.

Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted.

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

There are plenty of African-Americans in this country - and I would say this goes right up to the White House - who are not by any means poor, but are very much afflicted by white supremacy.

There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.

Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man's record.

You get racism crossing the street; it's in the very fabric of American society.

Some white people are privileged, some aren't. Some black people are, some aren't. It's strikes me as, by definition, a racist attack in that it's making a generalization - a negative one - based on skin color.

I think there's institutionalised racism in this country.

Al Campanis made people finally understand what goes on behind closed doors - that there is racism in baseball.

Of course I've felt racism.

It doesn't even feel like racism is real. It just feels like the weirdest ploy, like we're just being had on so many levels. It's even kind of funny when you think about it. A reason not to like someone is 'because you're black.' C'mon, man. How dumb is that?

There's racism everywhere in the world; it's not just Sweden, it's everywhere, but other than that I had a pretty okay upbringing.

I've seen and always been extremely aware of racism... casual racism, serious racism... all of that.

Some things you never really fully understand unless you are actually black and you experience how it feels when someone treats you differently based on your skin colour.