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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
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sexism, racism, and other forms of discrimination are being built into the machine-learning algorithms that underlie the technology behind many 'intelligent' systems that shape how we are categorized and advertised to.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Homophobia, racism, and sexism are all rooted in the same oppression that causes a group of people to internalize the oppression they've experienced and then continue the cycle of abuse. Simply put, hurt people hurt people.
- Asian
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great history of fighting racism.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism is systemic: It's oppression that's built into the laws, legislation, into the way neighborhoods are policed, and into job opportunities and health care and education.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in the inner attitudes of men, but have long been institutionalized.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a black man, sometimes you can't tell if what you're seeing has underlying bigotry, or it's a normal conversation and you're being paranoid. That dynamic in itself is unsettling. I admit sometimes I see race and racism when its not there.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the Trump era, it's way more obvious extreme racism exists. But there are still a lot of people who think, 'We don't have a racist bone in our bodies.' We have to face the racism in ourselves.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was definitely during the Obama administration that talking about racism, or calling it out, suddenly seemed taboo. It seemed like talking about race was somehow summoning the evil of racism.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism comes in many different forms. Sometimes it's subtle, and sometimes it's overt. Sometimes it's violent, and sometimes it's harmless, but it's definitely here. It's something that I think we're all guilty of, and we just have to make sure that we deal with our own personal racism in the right way.
- Prejudice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't condone racism. I don't condone prejudice.
- Adapt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.
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- Nov 07, 2020