Sara Gideon Quotes

In the South, there is more overt racism. It's more willfully ignorant and brazen. But it's not as if by moving I'm going to be able to escape institutionalized racism. It's not as though my life won't be twisted and impacted by racism anymore. It will.

Ours has not been a racially democratic society for 300 years.

As much as we want to say racism is dead, it's still rearing its ugly head constantly.

We need to recognize that racism has never been subtle, though it has gone underreported.

Of course there's racism in this country, and we have a terrible history of that in this nation.

All racism is wrong, and denying that it exists does not make it go away.

The reality is that anti-black racism is a global phenomenon, and it looks different in each context, but if you look at the outcomes, if you listen and look at the experiences, you will see that it's clear, and it's happening across the globe.

It seems like racism in the United States is overflowing.

... all Americans are the prisoners of racial prejudice.

I don't wanna believe that racism exists, but the more I wish it away, the more I realize it's in our system.

Racial inequality is a big problem.

We have gaps that are rooted in systemic racism.

I don't think many people understand what racism is. The intellectuals use it like toilet paper; it's something they can use. It's not something they live.

There's a lot of racism still alive and still active.

If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and therefore of relatively marginal significance.

Racism is not dead. Definitely, there are these biases.

Racism, unfortunately, is part of the fabric of America's society.

Social equity is based on justice; politics change on the opinion of the time. The black man's skin will be a mark of social inferiority so long as white men are conceited, ignorant, unjust, and prejudiced. You cannot legislate these qualities out of the white - you must steal them out by teaching, illustration, and example.

This is a racist country.

There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.

We have this long history of racism in this country, and as it happens, the criminal justice system has been perhaps the most prominent instrument for administering racism. But the racism doesn't actually come from the criminal justice system.

There are plenty of African-Americans in this country - and I would say this goes right up to the White House - who are not by any means poor, but are very much afflicted by white supremacy.

The scars of racism still remain deeply imbedded in America.

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.

Some white people are privileged, some aren't. Some black people are, some aren't. It's strikes me as, by definition, a racist attack in that it's making a generalization - a negative one - based on skin color.