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"A vision of cultural homogeneity that seeks to deflect attention away from or even excuse the oppressive, dehumanizing impact of white supremacy on the lives of black people by suggesting black people are racist too indicates that the culture remains ignorant of what racism really is and how it works. It shows that people are in denial. Why is it so difficult for many white folks to understand that racism is oppressive not because white folks have prejudicial feelings about blacks (they could have such feelings and leave us alone) but because it is a system that promotes domination and subjugation?"
"You get so used to being hit you find you're always waiting for it. (...) How can I say what it feels like? I don't know. I know everybody's in trouble and nothing is easy, but how can I explain to you what it feels like to be black when I don't understand it and don't want to and spend all my time trying to forget it? I don't want to hate anybody - but now maybe, I can't love anybody either - are we friends? Can we really be friends?"
"A 'black' man who draws a 'black' person with big lips is called observant. A 'white' man who does the same is called a racist."
"They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying."
"The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery."
"If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism."
"We must treat the disease of racism. This means we must understand the disease."
Explore more quotes by Constance Baker Motley
"Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both."
"I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework."
"In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease."
"Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white."
"I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s."
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