Chaske Spencer Quotes

Sure, I've felt racism. I think everybody has prejudice. When I was growing up, the dark Mexican kids weren't allowed in the public swimming pool in Dallas. My light-skinned friend got in, and he laughed at us. It didn't seem like a big deal, because we didn't know any different. So I never ran into anything that actually scarred me.

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.

I find that the prejudice in this country to color is very great, and I sometimes fear that it is on the increase.

It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people.

We live in a world where racism hasn't changed at all. It's that old thing of, you know, the more things change, the more things remain the same.

Racism exists everywhere. So when people act surprised about racism, I'm the one that's surprised.

In our country, racism is never far below the surface.

It's just a fact. You've got to deal with racism wherever you go.

I feel like racism's more pronounced in America.

I think we are aware that post-racialism isn't real, right? I mean, I hope so. I kind of joke that we're post-post-racial.

I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American.

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.

Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.

Racism is not dead. Definitely, there are these biases.

America in its entirety is segregationist and is racist. It's more camouflaged in the north, but it's the same thing.

There's no such thing as reverse racism.

I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.

To the great majority of white Americans, the Negro problem has distinctly negative connotations. It suggests something difficult to settle and equally difficult to leave alone. It is embarrassing. It makes for moral uneasiness.

The black community sees itself as one group, and they are all experiencing the same experiences as a group with racism and whatnot, growing up in this country.

Yeah, race exists. Racism is still here, and it's doing well. Turn on the news. I don't think me and my comedy can really change that.

If I were white, I'd get less criticism.

Arizona has always been anti-black.

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.

'I Spy' represents the absence of the tension of the black man or black woman or anyone of that color walking in, so that the white racist person can become entertaining to a viewer.