Jason Reynolds Quotes

I am not a civil rights leader, and I don't profess to be one.

Pervasive 'whites-only' policies and hateful narratives could not be further from the values that underpin our Armed Forces: those of integrity, respect for others, and having the bravery to do the right thing.

I remember going to a theater once, and there was a stairway that wound its way out to the back. And I was very young, a small child, and I said to my mom, 'Why are those people going up those stairs?' And she said, 'You know, I don't know how to tell you this, I don't know how to explain it, but it won't always be that way, because it's wrong.'

Nobody should be treated any type of way because of their color, their race, their gender, their socioeconomic status. We're all human.

Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.

Racism holds no place in our game and it holds no place in society. But unfortunately there are going to be incidents.

There is a difference between being offended and being prejudiced and even being bigoted against. There's a difference between that and racism.

I've been treated with the utmost respect by the whitest of white guys, and I've been treated bad by the whitest of white persons. I've been treated bad by the blackest of black persons and treated good by the blackest of black persons. So at the end of the day, I know it's about humanity - do you have a good heart or a bad heart?

Racism is a part of human nature, and you're not going to eradicate it; all you can do is try to keep it in check.

You're never going to catch me calling myself a hero unless I'm joking.

Racism is something that is taught. We, as a people, need to work to get past that.

It doesn't really bother me if people misunderstand me. It's cool, but you can't do anything about it.

We do not stand for racism on the pitch, in society or anywhere else it rears its ugly head.

We must stand up to anti-Semitism at home and abroad.

There's something not right with a person's soul when they judge another human being to be less adequate because of their gender or skin color.

I have no record of racism or antisemitism, there is no evidence to support it, not even a shred of evidence.

Homophobia hurts our league. Racism hurts it. Sexism hurts it.

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

I don't know how racists live with their racism. We need to take the road of love. I don't think folks are born that way; it's learned and taught out of fear.

Racism really, really makes me mad. I can see identical traits in people from other sides of the world and I can't believe some people would treat other human beings like they weren't even the same species.

Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon they begin to learn - and only from us.

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

Regardless of who I am, racism against anyone, anywhere should be appalling to everyone, everywhere.

I always had my views on racial tolerance. I couldn't see why anyone would dislike or to the nth degree hate someone simply because they were a different color.

This business of demonizing or pre-defining people by the way they look, the religion that they practice, or where they came from is not only un-American but it's going to hurt America.