Julien Baker Quotes

Both racism and homophobia come from a sense of the presumed and the unknown.

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.

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.

We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation, or a distinct group by its least worthy members.

People pass a lot of judgment about each other in India, and that is a tendency I don't like.

Lots of people hate gay people. You can tell who they are because they start sentences with, “It's not like I hate gay people.”

The very nature of the Chinaman holds him back. If his fellow should fall, John thinks it quite proper that he stamp on the underdogs face.

Prejudices of all kinds have their strongest holds in the minds of the vulgar and the ignorant.

Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.

It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.

I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lecters. But gay people are sons and daughters, politicians and doctors, American heroes and daughters of American heroes.

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us.

Races and nations are thus ever ready to believe the worst of one another.

I grew up in the Deep South, where sexism, racism, and homophobia were and still are alive and well. I have early, early memories of words and actions of this type being very painful.

A child from the age of 2 or 3 absorbs what is in the environment and what generates hatred for anyone perceived to be different.

At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.

Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

The rap community has been singled out as more homophobic than other groups, but I don't think that's right. It's homophobic, all right, but no more so than the heavy-metal community or the Hollywood community or any other community.

I think a lot of people are projecting their own troubles and fears concerning sexuality onto those around them, and it does result in the perpetuation of a lot of hateful notions. As long as I can remember, I've felt really horrified watching those dynamics play out.

Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.

For instance, one big issue in hip hop is the gay thing. It's 2013, and it's a shame that, to this day, that topic still gets people all excited. It's crazy. And it makes me upset that this topic even matters when it comes to hip hop, because it makes it seem like everybody in hip hop is small-minded or stupid - and that's not the case.

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.