Racist quotes
348 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric."
"Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all."
"Africa has no history and did not contribute to anything that mankind enjoyed."
"If you're a sexist, racist, homophobe, or basically an asshole, don't buy this CD. I don't care if you like me, I hate you."
"I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of Apartheid."
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"I advocate revolutionary changes...an end to capitalist exploitation, the abolition of racist policies, the eradication of sexism and the elimination of political repression. If that is a crime, then I am totally guilty"
"America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think."
"I bowled a 129... It was like the Special Olympics or something!"
"They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots."
"Hollywood hasn't changed. It is the most racist, anti-Indian institution in the world."
"I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me."
"Everyone's going to have a racist tweet, a homophobic tweet, a xenophobic tweet, a misogynist tweet. Everyone's going to have a tweet or a post or something that's not going to be ideal, and because of that, you can't really throw stones too hard at the people that do, because if we examined your life in every way, shape, or form, went through every single post with a fine-toothed comb and under that microscope, would it come out all sunshine and lollipops?"
"The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition."
"Racism is like high blood pressure—the person who has it doesn’t know he has it until he drops over with a God damned stroke. There are no symptoms of racism. The victim of racism is in a much better position to tell you whether or not you’re a racist than you are."
"Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either."
"All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity."
"I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual."
"We all know the leopard can't change his stripes."
"There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice."
"I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists."
"I ain't racist but lets trade places."
"I used to be a discipline problem, which caused me embarrassment until I realized that being a discipline problem in a racist society is sometimes an honor."
"Australia turns out to be a sensational place, albeit one of the most comfortably racist places I've ever been in. They've really settled into their intolerance like an old resentful slipper."
"Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharrassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world's resources."
"The yellow Indians do have a meagre talent. The Negroes are far below them, and at the lowest point are a part of the American people."
