Bruce Grobbelaar Quotes

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

Whites must be made to realize that they are only human, not superior.

Racism has two primary functions: the oppression of people of color, which most people recognize, but also the simultaneous elevation of white people. You can't hold one group down without lifting the other up.

While everyone has racial bias, I reserve the word 'racist' to describe the bias that white people have - our collective bias is backed by institutional power.

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.

My personal opinion is that you can't be racist towards white people. You can be prejudiced about them, but being prejudiced isn't an illegal act, whereas being racist can be.

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.

Have the colored people done anything to justify the prejudice against them that does exist in the hearts of so many white persons and, generally, of one great political party in this country? Have they done anything to justify it? No, sir.

It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people.

The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.

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.

If you're white, You're all right. If you're brown, Stick around. But if you're black, Get back, get back.

This county was formed for the white man, not for the black man.

There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.

We can sugar-coat this any way we want to, but the reality is that there are some people who just don’t want a Black President.

What whites cannot experience and may never understand is that no matter which side of the bed I chose to wake up on, I would still be a black man in the racially divisive America.

Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man's record.

I can't stop thinking about the devaluation of black life, and I find it seeping into everything I write.

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

As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin.

I can only say that sometimes skin colour does make a difference.

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

I think the O.J. Simpson trial was a revelation about the ongoing patterns of racial difference in American society.

We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable.

If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America.