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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism Quotes
Honest reflections on bias and prejudice.
One quote here describes an uncomfortable, secondhand kind of racism, standing among friends when a remark slips out that would never be said at a family gathering. Another distills the issue to its root, arguing that any belief in one group's superiority over another leads directly to racism.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course I've felt racism.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Talking about what any one section of our society has to do to combat racism just stops people outside that group asking difficult questions of themselves. We keep looking at symptoms and not treating the cause.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very much like a disease, we have to tackle the cause of racism, not the symptoms.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is that those at the top of British football do not care about getting rid of racism, they just don't want to hear it or see it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism is never personal - it's about someone saying the group I am part of is superior to the group you are part of.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, I went through overt racism as a footballer in the 80s and early 90s but that was, or is, nothing compared to what the average black person in the inner cities of England goes through every day.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I've been saying for decades, as long as racism exists in society, it will exist in all facets of society. Until we eradicate it from society, football will be like any other industry.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism in Brazil is well hidden, subtle, and unspoken, underestimated by the media. It is nevertheless extremely violent.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to make one thing very clear: Muhammad Ali loved people, and he had white friend as well as black friends - and the only thing that he hated was discrimination and racism.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Feminism isn't simply about being a woman in a position of power. It's battling systemic inequities; it's a social justice movement that believes sexism, racism and classism exist and interconnect, and that they should be consistently challenged.
- French People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Antiwhite racism is developing in sections of our cities where individuals - some of whom have French nationality - contemptuously designate French people as gaulois on the pretext they don't share the same religion, color or origins.
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- Nov 07, 2020