Octavia E. Butler Quotes

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

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

Ageism is a variation of racism or sexism, all the other isms.

Prejudice hasn't changed to this day, not in golf. Maybe in other sports.

Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice.

No corner of the world is free from group scorn.

The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.

Prejudices are the props of civilization.

I hate prejudice of any kind, whether it be color or sexual preference.

Prejudice and discrimination based on our differences is an unfortunate fact of life.

Profiling any segment of society and viewing them as a threat is a sign of intolerance.

Categorizing people economically and hating them because you think they're this way is a prejudice.

I haven't experienced a lot of prejudice in my life, but I'm not naive to what goes on in the world.

We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.

It was behaviour that I thought not far from racism, sexism or any other kind of prejudice or snobbery. 'Because you are not cute, I do not want to know you' was, to me, hardly different from suggesting 'because you are gay, I dislike you

It appears to be in the nature of religion itself to be prejudiced against those who are different.

Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.

Discrimination is alive and soaring.

At my advanced age, I know I am not an anti-Semite, not even vaguely or remotely, but others would seem to know better, as false accusers always do.

You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry.

I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. And that was true for racists who wanted to use the 'n' word when talking about me or about my people, or the stupidity of people who really wanted to belittle other folks because they weren't pretty or they weren't rich or they weren't clever.

The world is still very bigoted.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.