Inspirational Quotes 98: Racism

People who think "political correctness" is "cancer" also think "showing people of different backgrounds on TV" is "political correctness". (@existentialcoms)

Racists yearn to "prove" the logic of their prejudice. They are dedicated bigots. Yet history is usually far too complex for their needs. (@Limerick1914)

I think we are witnessing a metatrope here, as in "playing the 'playing the race card' card". JP

Patterns are of migration in many cases are the reverse patterns of colonisation. (@KarlreMarks)
They came here because we went there. (Anon)

Progressives who insist racism is why Trump won are guilty of the same villainization they decry when others do it. (@jwpetersNYT)
Oh great, another entry for the "calling people racist is as bad as - nay, worse than! - being racist" compendium. (@lottelydia)

Racism cannot be understood without a parallel understanding of how and why we have come to live as citizens of defined states, based on the idea of a common ethnic and political heritage, territorially bound by legal frontiers and with limited membership. (Racism: A Beginner's Guide, Alana Lentin)

"None of this would have happened if we'd spent less time telling racists they are racist" - The worst lesson people are taking from 2016. (@garwboy)

Pathfinder FB fan group banned all racist members. The next week, they saw a drop in harassing & threatening posts of ALL kinds. From the mod: "I encourage every community to quit thinking you need to be fair to unfair voices. Get the rot out and you'll have a healthier community." (@AmazonChique)

Part of racism is that the dominant group gets to decide when and how racism is relevant. Whether it's tarring all members of a racial group with one individual's crime or thinking the friendship of one member clears you of racism, it's the racist who's in the driver’s seat. (@adamkotsko)

A big part of “anti-PC” politics boils down to “I don’t want [group that voter doesn’t like] to get [particular benefit] because they haven’t earned it. (@ParkerMolloy)

We need to stop the "empathy for racists" and "racism is just economic anxiety" genres of political commentary. (@SpringaldJack)

‏I see demanding minorities be treated equally is the new scapegoat for the rise of populism. (@johnnypaige)

Is it just white people thinking the colour of their skin makes them superior and they're worried their imagined superiority will diminish? (@RossJNicholson)

Where hatred of one group of people is allowed to flourish, more will always follow. (@JayHulmePoet.)

As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or coloured race. As a national emblem, the Confederate Flag is significant of our higher cause, the cause of a superior race. (William T. Thompson, 1863)

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