Shaun Wright-Phillips Quotes

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

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

The reality is we have allowed systemic racism to continue through all these years.

My mother was racist.

Colorism is unfortunately still an issue today.

I feel like racism's more pronounced in America.

Yes colorism does exist if you look at historically what's happened as far as crossing over to pop radio.

Racism exists, but it is far less rampant than ignorance, and ignorance can be cured through experience.

You can get racially abused 10 times before you even reach the football stadium. If you've been confronted every day with something like that, it's hard. This is not about people playing the 'race card.' This is a reality that people like to sweep under the carpet.

It seems like racism in the United States is overflowing.

Racism - whether it's in football or society, there's absolutely no place for it.

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.

Racism in America is real.

I think people are just going to be people, and racism is a thing. If people have an inclination to be racist then they are going to be, and there is not a whole lot that you can do about it.

At school, I was frequently subjected to racial abuse.

When I was a kid, it was very common to go places and get racially abused, starting from age six all the way up until you got into the first team.

Sometimes people ask me this question in interviews and it is very difficult to answer. They say, 'Kouli, how does it feel when the fans make these racist howls at you? Does it bother you? What should be done?' I think that until you have lived it, you cannot really understand. It is such an ugly thing, and it is hard to talk about.

Credit to all the clubs, if there are incidents anywhere I think the clubs are very quickly on that and are banning supporters who are making racial comments. I think clubs are very much on top of what they see.

I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up.

If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need for affirmative action programs. One of those conditions would be an economic policy that would create tight labor markets over long periods of time. Now does that mean that affirmative action is here only temporarily? I think the ultimate goal should be to remove it.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

Racism is kinda old. For real.

I just think racism is within each and every one of us. It's everyone's responsibility to figure out how they deal with this kind of obsolete instinct.

Racism is like high blood pressure—the person who has it doesn’t know he has it until he drops over with a God damned stroke. There are no symptoms of racism. The victim of racism is in a much better position to tell you whether or not you’re a racist than you are.

Racism is a global problem and it is as damaging to Whites as it is to non-Whites. Everyone must fight against it.