"In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'"

Racism, Prejudice, Experience, Injustice

39

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'"

Exlpore more Racism quotes

"My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

Racism,

"Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Racism, Washington

"Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else."

Julian Bond, American Activist

Racism,

"If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism."

Ann Coulter, American Journalist

Racism,

"It is in racists' best interest to maintain white supremacy at all costs. They will defend it with their lives, but ONLY after they've defended it with ours."

Darnell Lamont Walker, American Writer

Racism, Power, Violence, Injustice

"It's a scary world we live in when a person of color endorses a racist for president."

DaShanne Stokes, American Author

Racism, Politics, Contradiction, Awareness

"They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying."

Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete

Racism, Lying

"If I go into a club now, all the blonde girls leave my corner and all the black girls come into my corner. It's as if I'm racist towards white girls!"

Boris Becker, German Athlete

Racism, Girls, Now

"Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of them to engage in unspeakable acts of cruelty and violence."

Linda Chavez, American Author

Racism, Cruelty, Rights, Humanrights, Prejudice

"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?"

James Baldwin, American Novelist

Racism, Experience, Struggle, Identity

Explore more quotes by Sherman Alexie

"My only purpose is to teach children to rebel against authority figures."

Purpose

"The dream he needed most was the dream that frightened him more."

Dream

"Everyone I have lost in the closing of a doorthe click of the lockis not forgotten, theydo not die but remainwithin the soft edgesof the earth, the ashof house fires and cancerin sin and forgivenesshuddled under old blanketsdreaming their way intomy hands, my heartclosing tight like fists."

Grief

"Everybody prayed, everybody lied about it. Even atheists prayed on airplanes and bingo nights."

Belief

"And then I realized that my sister was trying to LIVE a romance novel. Man, that takes courage and imagination. Well, it also took some degree of mental illness, too, but I was suddenly happy for her. And a little scared. Well, a lot scared."

Courage

"He sang 'Stairway to Heaven' in four different languages but never knew where that staircase stood."

Ignorance

"He wanted the songs, the stories, to save everybody."

Salvation

"But, in the Trump aftermath, I've measured the costsAnd benefits of loving those who don't loveStrangers. After all, I'm often the odd one-The strangest stranger-in any field or room."He was weird" will be carved into my tomb."

Alienation

"I can't remember how to cry."

Grief

"[Or perhaps my friends should have realized that they shouldn't have left behind the FRICKING REASON FOR THEIR PROTEST!And that thought just cracked me up.]It was like my friends had walked over the backs of baby seals in order to get to the beach where they could protest against the slaughter of baby seals."

Hypocrisy