Eric Holder Quotes

Racial profiling is illegal, and I do not support it.

In a law enforcement situation, black people are not always treated the same as white people would be.

There are cops who be racially profiling.

Trump started talking about bringing back stop-and-frisk, which was ruled unconstitutional. And as a black man, that was the last thing I wanted to hear. That you will basically pass laws to say that I can be profiled, and it is legal.

I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times.

Treating me as a thief is a grave, unacceptable, intolerable insult which stems from contempt and racist condescension

It is not legitimate that an American citizen feels that they are more likely to be arrested or held to account or stopped and searched than someone else simply because of the color of their skin.

The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager; in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook.

The notion that a black suspect can do no wrong and is always the victim is B.S.

Far too often, I have been accepted or rejected for work because of the color of my skin.

Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.

I say we haven't ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.

If a Negro got legs he ought to use them. Sit down too long, somebody will figure out a way to tie them up.

racism is alive and doing too well in America.

The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are among those most affected by racism. Too often, they face denial of basic rights such as access to quality health services and education. Such fundamental wrongs have a long and terrible history.

Millions of people of color still experience racism daily.

... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.

The patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable. ... We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America.

They don't let many black people in the governor's mansion in Alabama, unless they're cleaning.

It's the sad fact of how race still works in our country. We find that over and over again.

Telling me that I’m obsessed with talking about racism in America is like telling me I’m obsessed with swimming when I’m drowning.

Until we have a serious discussion, this problem [racism] will continue to occur.

One in three young African American men is currently under the control of the criminal justice system in prison, in jail, on probation, or on parole - yet mass incarceration tends to be categorized as a criminal justice issue as opposed to a racial justice or civil rights issue (or crisis).

Race prejudice is the devil unchained.

Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.