Quotes about Racism 103

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Black Lives Matter is not an anti-white movement. Feminism is not an anti-men movement. This isn’t about you. (Lisa Simpson)

If you can say "Tchaikovsky", you can pronounce our names. (Bilal Harry Khan)

Then again, the only reason this is even an issue is because as a society we are so ignorant that the only exposure many Americans get to other cultures is when those cultures are being mocked or used as vessels for comedic purposes. (Timmy Stromboli @wranglerOfGeese This account is anti-Semitic, but he’s got a point. Someone else singles out the "nerd" stereotype.)

No, you don't 'make your mind' up whether the holocaust happened. You can have your own opinions but not your own facts. (@BylineTimes)

What Alistair Stewart tweeted was racist
What Danny Baker tweeted was racist
Offence is not a prerequisite for racism
Offended or not, they said racist things
Don't say racist things and you'll keep your job
(@KeloidKrown)

I got into boxing to defend myself against racists. (Sadiq Khan)

If this is “of its time” well then excuse me but its time stinks. (RB)

JVL is an organisation established for the sole purpose to obfuscate and apologise for anti-Semitism within the Labour party. (Richard Horton)

My sister’s dad is black, so when she was little she had a head of huge, gorgeous natural curls... we would be stopped umpteen times by people telling us she had “lovely hair” and then, unprompted, and without permission, sticking their hands in her hair... Admiration of a black person’s hair is like the one free pass a racist will give them. (Web)

Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch says any school that teaches children that inherent white privilege is a fact, rather than a theory, is ‘breaking the law’ (Twitter trending topics Oct 21 2020)

Elite Lowell High School in San Francisco will no longer have merit-based admissions because it was admitting too many Asians. (Sfist.com)

The truth is that it is entirely possible to love and care for one Asian American—"your" Asian American—and not see other Asians as equally, fully human. (Nicole Chung, time.com)

Black women have “started writing what hairstyle they currently have in their dating profiles because they get different kinds of responses based on different types of hair.” (Teen Vogue)

There was a sea change in cultural attitudes around race in Britain in the 80s which I think is underappreciated. (@bat020)

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