Billy Porter Quotes

Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.

Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.

You might not agree with something, but it doesn't mean you don't need to listen to it. White people have to accept that they don't always know about racism.

I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.

I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking.

We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

You know, people aren't always the most open-minded.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

The show doesn't drive home a lesson, but it can open up people's minds enough for them to see how stupid every kind of prejudice can be.

It's hard for the majority of people to accept what they don't understand.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

You can walk through life believing in the goodness of the world, or walk through life afraid of anyone who thinks different than you and trying to convert them to your way of thinking.

It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth.

We can scarcely hate any one that we know.

Racism has always existed, and a big part of it is people just not knowing others. I think humans change other human's minds, and it's hard for someone in the middle of America to hate Syrian refugees if they've been able to befriend them.

The people with the passports, the people who travel more, tend to be the most understanding. And it's ironic that the people who travel the least have the strongest opinions about the people they've never met.

If you have any racist friends, it's on you to stop that immediately and let them know why that's not right, or what's wrong with the way they think or just opening their eyes and allowing them to understand what's wrong with their thought process because, to be honest, I mean, we're all human.

I think disparaging something you don't understand, while a very normal thing - I expect more from serious people.

I feel it's a lot easier to hate or dislike someone that you see as different. It is a lot harder to hate them when you see they are just the exact same as you.

I've not experienced racism from other players. Not once. You experience ignorance but that's not the same at all, and I'm always happy to discuss things. If that helps people learn about Islam, to learn there's nothing to fear, then great, that's all part of my role.

'Push back' is the word; that's what we gotta do against ignorance. I see so much of it, and it's dangerous.

Design can overcome our most deeply rooted stranger-danger bias.

You don't have to read the Quran to love me... love the actions, love the things that I do. Look at those, and that will help people get beyond whatever fear or stereotypical thing that they might be thinking about.

Racism exists, but it is far less rampant than ignorance, and ignorance can be cured through experience.