I think that the roots of racism have always been economic, and I think people are desperate and scared. And when you're desperate and scared you... →
Henry Louis Gates
In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become... →
I'm not going to sit here now and say 'do this,' or 'do that.' But you must - must - expunge any vestige of racism.
A. Bartlett Giamatti
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
Alex Haley
We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight with solidarity. We say we're not going to fight capitalism with... →
Fred Hampton
Facing sexism and racism and classism and transphobia, there are ways to choose to act in those situations, and there shouldn't be a prescriptive... →
Kathleen Hanna
Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.
Patricia Ireland
My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to... →
People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one's soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone... →
Samuel L. Jackson