James Fallows Quotes

Because I had an accent, people had this impression that I was dumb.

Never judge a stranger by his clothes.

I think the traditional stereotypes are loaded in institutional racism.

There really are a lot of stereotypes I fight.

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

I also acknowledge that prejudice runs very deep in our society. And, in the real world, discrimination rears its ugly head in the shadows, where it's very difficult to root it out.

Certain names always awake certain prejudices.

The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and generalizations lead to assumptions and assumptions lead back to stereotypes. It’s a vicious cycle, and after you go around and around a bunch of times you end up believing that all vegans only eat cabbage and all gay people love musicals.

I became stereotyped.

I refuse to be stereotyped.

Stereotypes happen. I try not to embrace them or avoid them.

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

Prejudice hasn't changed to this day, not in golf. Maybe in other sports.

I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.

If someone's intimidated by me, that's something they have to deal with. When I walk down the streets of New York and an old woman grabs her purse when I pass by, I'm not going to give it a whole lot of energy because I'm not in the wrong. I'm a millionaire, and I'm not thinking about grabbing an old woman's purse.

Yeah, I'm sure there are stereotypes of Asian people.

Relying on the face might be human nature - even babies prefer to look at attractive people. But, of course, judging someone based on the geometry of his features is, from a moral and legal standpoint, no better than judging him based on the color of his skin.

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

If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.

Red hair stigmatizes you.

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.

Being blonde means people decide on sight that you are much prettier and nicer than you really are, just as Americans automatically add 10 points to someone's IQ when they hear an English accent. Fact.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.

I do know that people treat me different with blonde hair than they do with red hair.