Lenny Kravitz Quotes

As a white fighter, you get twice as much criticism.

Some white people are privileged, some aren't. Some black people are, some aren't. It's strikes me as, by definition, a racist attack in that it's making a generalization - a negative one - based on skin color.

Having a strong race lens means you understand racism is threaded through and institutionalized in all of our systems and our very perceptions, threaded through how someone looks at you, treats you, thinks about you and your potential.

The biggest thing is we need to stop acting like racism don't exist.

I'm guilty of reverse discrimination. I'm white, and people don't think that white fighters are any good.

I think about the history of racism in this country all the time.

You know how I know I'm white? I can cry myself out of a parking ticket.

You are not born racist. You are born into a racist society. And like anything else, if you can learn it, you can unlearn it. But some people choose not to unlearn it, because they're afraid they'll lose power if they share with other people. We are afraid of sharing power. That's what it's all about.

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.

I've always been a fan of issues around race and racialism, and I've loved playing with it. People act as though it isn't an issue, but it's a recurring theme in our lives globally.

We're conditioned in this country to believe that if there's a problem, the black man is usually the culprit.

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

There's no such thing as reverse racism.

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

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.

Have the colored people done anything to justify the prejudice against them that does exist in the hearts of so many white persons and, generally, of one great political party in this country? Have they done anything to justify it? No, sir.

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

Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted.

We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.

There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

Blacks essentially play the race card, when necessary as a counter to white privilege.

There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.

The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it's not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.

I think there's institutionalised racism in this country.