Jordan Fisher Quotes

Far too often, I have been accepted or rejected for work because of the color of my skin.

As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.

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

Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.

If a white man says, "give me liberty or give me death" in any country, white men all over the world stand up and applaud. But if a black man says the same thing--the exact same words--he is created like a dangerous criminal.

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.

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.

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.

As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.

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

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.

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.

I'd heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?

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

If you're white, You're all right. If you're brown, Stick around. But if you're black, Get back, get back.

I was born in this country. I serve this country every day in my work. I am loyal to this country. I shouldn’t have to state my loyalty. Unfortunately because of the color of my skin and the culture I come from there are some who suspect our loyalty.

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute — a white skin.

… nothing less than the legalization of racial discrimination

I got kicked out of four high schools just because people took issue with the colour of my skin. As if I could help the colour I was born.

I agree that lighter-skinned women get favored in Hollywood, and I'm not proud to say that.

If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.

Back when we was in school in Mississippi, we had Little Black Sambo. That's what you learned: Anytime something was not good, or anytime something was bad in some kinda way, it had to be called black. Like, you had Black Monday, Black Friday, black sheep... Of course, everything else, all the good stuff, is white. White Christmas and such.

I think there's institutionalised racism in this country.

Racial bias does exist, and until we can all admit its existence and become introspective as to whether our own personal biases are impacting how we deal with others, there will be no change.