Rita Mae Brown Quotes

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

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

Prejudice and discrimination based on our differences is an unfortunate fact of life.

Both racism and homophobia come from a sense of the presumed and the unknown.

Men continue to misinterpret the second-rate status of women as implying a privileged status for themselves; heterosexuals think the same way about homosexuals; gentiles about Jews; whites about blacks; haves about have-nots.

You know, anytime you take one group and you blame them for a problem, there is an issue.

In the past when I was on protests, it was always people shouting out of the cars, 'get a job, get a bath, get a haircut.' So, am I a dole-scrounging hippie, or am I middle class and privileged? Just by stepping forward, somehow you become scrutinized, rather than the actual issues that count.

Going into a room and saying, 'I'm a black lesbian' - it's a strike against you.

There's nothing wrong with being help. But it's very wrong that we presume people of colour are in a subservient position. That's problematic.

I am living in this world, and if this world already has a certain prejudice of me and an idea of me, then it's really hard for me to go through it.

By definition, of course, we believe the person with a stigma is not quite human. On this assumption we exercise varieties of discrimination, through which we effectively, if often unthinkingly, reduce his life chances.

Untouchability is a hydra-headed monster.

Costs are incurred whenever any group is treated as lesser or the other, whether they are women, racial, or religious minorities, or the LGBT.

Don't let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all German's were Nazis.

Though men can cover crimes with bold, stern looks, poor women's faces are their own faults' books.

You have, you can only answer it this way: by turning it around. Can the negro - who is the victim of the system - escape the collective stigma that is placed upon all Negroes in this country?

We're the victims of a disease called social prejudice, my child. These dear ladies of the law and order league are scouring out the dregs of the town. C'mon be a glorified wreck like me.

Sexism and racism and homophobia and classism are so naturalized. All these stereotypes make people think it's just normal that straight white men are getting all the breaks.

Untouchability is a many-headed monster and forms, some of them so subtle as not to be easily detected.

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.

It is always open season on Christian and on white folks because they are the group you can kick and you can get away with it. It is politically correct.

Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals.

It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.

What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has changed. We don't dislike these people any more.' But by the strangest coincidence, they haven't taken away the injustice; the laws are still on the books.