Lorraine Bracco Quotes

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American.

I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere.

There's no such thing as reverse racism.

Racism been over. It's the old people that keep on holding on to it.

We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.

As an African-American, I know all too well the negative thoughts and feelings hatred and bigotry cause.

Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others. Black America ever lives under that skeptical eye.

There's a little racism out here, always was, and always will be.

Racism exists everywhere. So when people act surprised about racism, I'm the one that's surprised.

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

A lot of people experience racism at different times on different terms.

I think everybody's gone through some racist moment in their life.

I've seen and always been extremely aware of racism... casual racism, serious racism... all of that.

Honestly, racism is something learned, not something that you just pick up one day and wish to dislike someone.

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.

I feel like racism's more pronounced in America.

The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.

I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't.

Racism is if there are spectators or, outside the field of play, there are movements to discrimination, but, on the field of play, I deny that there is racism.

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.

Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.

First of all, do I think there's some racists in the Tea Party? Yeah. I'm an ordained United Methodist pastor; there's some racists in the Methodist church. I don't know if there's a body that does not have some racists in it.

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.

Racism is not dead. Definitely, there are these biases.

I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.