Prince Philip Quotes

It's difficult sometimes when you have somebody who is of a different culture trying to make light of something that is maybe not quite something that they understand.

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.

Simply put, 'Redskins' is offensive to Indian people. Whether it is considered offensive by non-Indians is not the issue. It is offensive to us.

Once, I tried to channel my inner Pocahontas and wore a lot of Navajo prints, a lot of beige, fringe, and suede... I wish I hadn't done that.

I saw The Revenant, and they were calling Native Americans "tree niggers," and that is not cool.

I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese.

I'll never change the name of the Redskins. You have my word on that.

I visited a new cultural center in Shanghai in 2005 that was pretty much perfect, except for the really badly translated Chinglish signs: a handicapped restroom that said 'Deformed Man's Toilet,' that kind of thing.

I ain't never called nobody no redskin. I've never been mad, like, 'Get out of this restaurant, you redskin.'

If, as a Spaniard, I am so often offended by the stereotypes that abound regarding my country, how can I accept and repeat the ones that fall even more heavily upon Israel?

You know what I hate? Indian givers... no, I take that back.

Like most reasonable people, it saddens me when I see Americans celebrating a heritage they don't understand.

Why is she Mrs. C.J. Walker? It really was a matter of her trying to insist that people respect her, because during that time, white people would call any black woman 'Sally.' 'Aunt Sally.' So this was like... you can't call me that.

Across all U.S. intelligence agencies, there is a lack of cultural respect and a poorly tuned attitude toward foreign peoples and cultures.

I jumped off a bridge in Italy, is that culturally insensitive? Is saying 'mamma mia' culturally insensitive?

Democrats have been acting like the proverbial American tourist in France, trying to get their point across by shouting louder in a language only they understand.

I sincerely apologize to anyone I may have inadvertently offended...The bag was a purchase I made as a tourist in China.

You can put these things into the hands of some Chinese and send him to Hong Kong and we'll have cleared chinks.

Stefan: "Indian with a dot, not a feather.

No one would stand for it [being the fool in the media] in a minute if you took any other group -Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics, women - but somehow it's okay to do that with hillbillies.

I apologize for the fact that the word ‘anti-Mexican’ is being said to a black guy in America.

Do you think we care about the feelings of Native Americans when we celebrate Columbus Day? That's the day that the white man discovered a land where Indians had been living for a few thousand years.

What I've learned about that word is context, where the world is coming from - in the era the film is set, it obviously is used derogatorily. In 'Selma,' it was the same sort of thing. Of course now, in music, it's used in many more ways, including ways that takes the sting out of it. It all depends on where and when it is used, and how you look at it. But again in 'Race,' it is intensely disrespectful.

Misunderstanding a culture's symbols is a common root of predujice.

I think the worst one [indian mascot] is the Cleveland Indians' Big Chief Wahoo. It's just a red face on a baseball with a big, toothy grin. It's the Sambo of all other offensive mascots. I have never seen a Native American smile that hard before, not even at a casino opening.