La'Porsha Renae Quotes

It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.

Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.

Oppression is something that one group of people commits against another group specifically because of a threatening characteristic shared by the latter group.

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.

A society which emphasizes uniformity is one which creates intolerance and hate.

When you dehumanize a group, there's lasting consequences because they know that they're being dehumanized.

Laws on hate speech and hate crimes do important work in a world that has been rooted in racism and bigotry since the inception of this country, which was not founded on ideals of justice.

Violence against the other, and the way we otherize people out of fear, has to be examined across the board.

We've seen the worst that human beings are capable of. We've seen what happens when leaders abandon common decency in favor of rage and hate. Through the lens of history, the Holocaust happened yesterday, the civil rights movement was this morning, so we are not as out of the woods as we might have thought.

Discrimination will impair democracy.

Where you are born, your parent's beliefs, or your ethnic background should not make you a target.

Homophobia hurts our league. Racism hurts it. Sexism hurts it.

People were so cruel because of the way I existed.

Hate crimes are different from other crimes. They strike at the heart of one's identity - they strike at our sense of self, our sense of belonging. The end result is loss - loss of trust, loss of dignity, and in the worst case, loss of life.

Society is better off without certain people.

I think people really need to think what it's like to have all of society arrayed against you.

Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.

Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.

Discrimination is alive and soaring.

I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.

Well, he's not going to get any nicer. He's a genocidal racist maniac. He's one of these people who thinks the world was a great place when Voldemort ruled the world. He's particularly offended by mixed-blood Mudbloods, the product of wizards and humans. So I hope he goes into therapy.

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.

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice.