Tracy Morgan Quotes

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.

We live in a world where racism hasn't changed at all. It's that old thing of, you know, the more things change, the more things remain the same.

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

Had it not been for the race problem early thrust upon me and enveloping me, I should have probably been an unquestioning worshipper at the shrine of the established social order and of the economic development into which I was born.

There's sort of a persistent misperception that talking about race is black folk's burden. Ultimately, only men can end sexism, and only white people can end racism.

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

This is a racist country.

By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America during our lifetime. But despite significant progress, racism remains.

I don't think that the country is ever ready to have the conversation about race.

The scars of racism still remain deeply imbedded in America.

The diversity industry needs friction to survive, so it perpetually reworks the definition of racism.

I say stupid white men are always the problem. That's never going to change.

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.

Each one of my movies is going to be about one of these different social demons. The first one, being 'Get Out,' is about race and neglect and marginalization.

The statement that I made and that I think I will continue to make is that racism and bigotry isn't just relegated to the Southern region; it permeates the history of our nation. It's not to say that we haven't made progress. Obviously we have with our first African American president, and I never thought that would happen in my lifetime.

In our country, racism is never far below the surface.

I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist.

I'm not one to spend my life asking the question, 'Is there racism in America?' Certainly there is. But I want to do something about it.

People like to act like we don't have a legacy of racism here. I think people get really uncomfortable with it. We know that we can't change it unless we address that.

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.

It seems like racism in the United States is overflowing.

I think we are aware that post-racialism isn't real, right? I mean, I hope so. I kind of joke that we're post-post-racial.

Racial inequality is a big problem.

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.