Daniel Kaluuya Quotes

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.

Racism is a disease which devalues the victim and corrupts the perpetrator.

I don't know how racists live with their racism. We need to take the road of love. I don't think folks are born that way; it's learned and taught out of fear.

Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism.

I still find that a kind of stricture of the heart happens when I see any form of bigoted or racist behaviour. I get an actual pain in my heart.

Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or feel uncomfortable with. I mean hate. Downright hate. Down and dirty hate.

If anyone wants to abuse other people for whatever colour, race or creed they are, then it's just stupidness, isn't it?

Racism is a very insidious thing. It's dangerous to the psyche, to mind and body. It erodes the self-confidence. And I don't know how we get through it.

I had a long time admiration for the Jewish people. Especially with their long time of courage, taking so much abuse for so long. I was only seven years old, but I could easily see the ungodly treatment that the white folks were handing the poor Jewish family whom I worked for.

I've known that people were racist and misogynistic and homophobic since I was very little.

I really hate racism because I saw people denied possibilities.

If someone was ever racist towards me, I would go wild.

Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?

There's a lot of racism still alive and still active.

People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.

The world is still very bigoted.

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.

Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.

Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.

Intolerance has been the curse of our country.

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.

Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants, we can justify getting that person out of our lives. Abortion and racism stem from the same poisonous root, selfishness.

The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

As an African-American, I know all too well the negative thoughts and feelings hatred and bigotry cause.