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Emma Goldman Anarchist, Political Activist, Writer
Racist

"Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be."

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Euripides Playwright
Racist

"One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for."

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Artur Davis Politician
Racist

"The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress."

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Augusten Burroughs Author, Memoirist
Racist

"As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened."

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Walt Whitman Poet, Essayist
Racist

"Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed."

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Fran Lebowitz Author, Essayist
Racist

"Whenever someone accuses someone of being a racist - which is rare, you have to admit, considering how much racism there is - there is an incredible outrage. I realized that we live in an environment that it seems to be worse to call someone a racist than to be one."

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Racist

"Presented with the claims of nineteenth-century racist anthropology, a rational person will ask two sorts of questions: 'What is the scientific status of the claims?' 'What social or ideological needs do they serve?'"

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Jay-Z Rapper, Businessman
Racist

"When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist."

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Sherrod Brown Politician
Racist

"It`s essential that we build a grassroots movement and we say to Trump to the president-elect, stop, you can`t go over this line again. You`ve got to work to heal and not to continue to fan the flames of racist and xenophobic and anti-Semitic talk, period."

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Ice T Rapper, Actor
Racist

"I have no hatred for cops. I have hatred for racists and brutal people, but not necessarily the cops. The cops are just doing what they're told to do."

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Racist

"it's no longer socially acceptable to make bigoted statements and racist remarks. Some people are having an awful time with that: 'I didn't know anybody would be offended!' Well, where have you been? I remember when people got away with it and they don't anymore. That's fabulous."

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Pat Williams Sports Executive
Racist

"Well, just to dispel all the myths, Walt [Disney] was not anti-Semitic. He was not racist in any way, shape, or form. He was not frozen when his life ended. He's not in some frozen vault right now waiting to make a big comeback."

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Benjamin Carson Neurosurgeon, Author, Politician
Racist

"I grew up in Detroit. I grew up in an environment where you were supposed to be Democrat, where they told you that Republicans were evil people and that they were racist."

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