Bonnie Hammer Quotes

People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I'm black. They could do the same just because I'm American.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.

Racism springs from ignorance.

You've got to be taught to hate and fear.

If anyone wants to abuse other people for whatever colour, race or creed they are, then it's just stupidness, isn't it?

We've seen the worst that human beings are capable of. We've seen what happens when leaders abandon common decency in favor of rage and hate. Through the lens of history, the Holocaust happened yesterday, the civil rights movement was this morning, so we are not as out of the woods as we might have thought.

Racism is wrong, racism is very dangerous.

Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.

There's a lot of hate in the world.

Africans need to be kicked, that's the only thing they understand.

It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.

Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.

You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.

People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.

The world wasn't a more tolerant place when I was a young man. Rather, they simply sidestepped all the issues.

Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

Well, he's not going to get any nicer. He's a genocidal racist maniac. He's one of these people who thinks the world was a great place when Voldemort ruled the world. He's particularly offended by mixed-blood Mudbloods, the product of wizards and humans. So I hope he goes into therapy.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

The worst moment in my life was when I was seven years old and I discovered that there was a thing such as racism. You don't know you're different until someone lets you know.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.

It's not anthrax or terrorism or AIDS that is the worst ill in our world: The most horrible disease in the world is hate.

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death.