Racist quotes
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"It especially annoys me when racists are accused of 'discrimination.' The ability to discriminate is a precious faculty; by judging all members on one 'race' to be the same, the racist precisely shows himself incapable of discrimination."
"Billy Graham is a boring, racist charlatan."
"In an interview, former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan said he does not have a racist bone in his body. However, he admitted he has three sexist bones and his spine is homophobic."
"We pretend that no one's a racist anymore, but it's easier to talk about pornography in polite company than racial integration"
"I've never called President Obama a racist. I love President Obama. I pray for him all the time. God loves President Obama. God loves you. And God loves me."
"We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us."
"We live in a really racist culture and it's got to be addressed."
"Not everybody is absolutely stupid. Why on earth would I be racist, what would I be trying to achieve?"
"I do want to see an immigration compromise. And you can't have an immigration compromise if everybody's out there calling the president a racist."
"It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere."
"I am not a racist in any form whatsoever. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation."
"Once I was, yes. But now I have turned my direction away from anything that's racist."
"I guess when it comes to this privileged White racist feminist movement they respect someone who treats them rough: John Wayne. Frank Sinatra. Phillip Roth."
"He comes back with the script, and it's racist like a 1940's Newspaper."
"If you're a Republican who's a threat to the Democrats, of course you are a racist. That's the definition of a racist, nowadays."
"The whole basis for the US intervention in Colombia is outrageously racist and arrogant."
"People who oppose Obama are said to be racists - so I guess I'm a racist."
"Well, what Cory Booker and John Lewis are right about is to talk about the racist past of Donald Trump."
"Ben Starling, you better not have bought your token black friend a racist shirt"
