Gerald Chertavian Quotes

I can be standing in Barneys with my coat and purse and my selections, and some white woman will say, 'Can you get this in my size?' What she sees is a black woman, and her service button goes off.

No one is ever bias-free, but some people let their biases influence their actions more than others.

The soft bigotry of low expectations

We all deal with being unfairly judged.

I became stereotyped.

People expect me to be stupid. I'm not saying I'm Stephen Fry, but it is amazing the perception people have.

Every now and then I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me, and I experience racism. Things like not being buzzed into a store or sitting in first class on a plane and having someone ask to see my ticket four times.

I refuse to be stereotyped.

We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.

I think I'm going to be stereotyped forever, but I'm not scared of being stereotyped.

You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright.

Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce.

Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright.

I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am.

I am against discrimination of any kind, but if I make snap judgments, no matter who it's towards, aren't I committing the same sin as someone who profiles?

We've got these stereotypes, and I think there can be some trouble when we force these on people.

I resent ever being stereotyped.

Maybe at some level, even at an early age, without ever being aware of it, I was reacting to something. To people judging me based on how I looked instead of what I could do.

Coming into the league, everyone said I was going to be fat, I was the next Oliver Miller. I had all these red flags. I just feel I was never given a fair chance coming in.

It's assumed that light-skinned women have no problems or issues, but they are judged before you know who they are.

Because of how I looked, there was definitely a prejudice against me. People didn't think I could play. I could see why: I weighed about eight stone and was six foot bleeding seven.

I think I've been completely underestimated in the past because of my blonde hair.

We fight the stereotypes, but in fighting them, we show them. There are stereotypes for a reason.

You walk into a room and there's already judgment. You know, like football players can't act or you're going to come in and be stiff.

I can't tell you the number of times I have been underestimated, objectified or deprived of fair credit for my accomplishments based on my gender or ethnicity.