Cheyenne Jackson Quotes

I've had to deal with racism, sexism, rumors, malice, a little bit of everything.

We have all had to deal with cruel remarks from other children, and it has made us stronger as a result. But today every minor slight is analysed to determine whether or not it is racist, sexist, homophobic and so on.

You get a lot of stick in this job, and I don't mean political opposition that is part of your job but real abuse. And unfortunately, if you are from an ethnic minority, that may include racial or religious abuse.

Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn't matter.

One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country.

Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction.

I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance in any shape or form.

Language that is designed to dehumanize has consequences.

I have never been on the receiving end of a hate crime, or even a disparaging remark to my face.

One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.

To single out a particular group and say we can't make a joke about them is almost a form of prejudice and it's kind of patronizing.

The U.K. has some of the toughest legislation on hate crime in the world, and it is there to keep us all safe.

The Informe should no longer be the scene used to insult, beat, and criticize on the basis of preconfigured conceptions.

I had a lot of racism growing up where I grew up. Bullied at school. It definitely encouraged me. It's like battle wounds - you come out the other side, and it just makes you tougher.

Since taking office, Donald Trump and Mike Pence have governed the exact same way they campaigned, which is with bigotry and with bluster, and that includes toward the LGBTQ community.

I was 11 years old and was racially abused on the pitch. It was obviously disappointing to hear it at such a young age.

Anytime you present a message that is seen as hate, you're going to have a negative impact.

I was taunted because I was different.

My freshman year, the hate was all directed toward Danny Ferry. And every year, there's some new poor sucker at Duke who draws the ire of everybody.

It bothers me so much that people have gone out of their way to make trans people feel less than.

At school, I was frequently subjected to racial abuse.

Throughout college and law school, as well as in my career as a lawyer and police reform advocate, I've faced various toxic combinations of racism, sexism, and homophobia.

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.

Even if I don't always behave as I should, this still doesn't explain why so many people have something against me. But you know how it is. A lot of people vent themselves by coming to the stadium to yell at me. I hope it's not racism. I tell myself that it's not racism; it's because I'm tough, and I repeat this to myself.

As long as your ideology identifies the main source of the world's ills as a definable group, it opens the world up to genocide.