Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative - it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you're the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop. Read Summary
He who praises everybody, praises nobody. Read Summary
I try not to discriminate against genres. Read Summary
Not a law firm in the entire city of New York bid for my employment as a lawyer when I earned my degree. Read Summary
Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. Read Summary
If any man claims the Negro should be content... let him say he would willingly change the color of his skin and go to live in the Negro section of a large city. Then and only then has he a right to such a claim. Read Summary
Lack of education, old age, bad health or discrimination - these are causes of poverty, and the way to attack it is to go to the root. Read Summary
I don't agree when the USA, that lives by a constitution, says, OK, just because you look this way, we're going to ask you for your documentation, or you gotta go back to your country. Read Summary
We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it. Read Summary
Nationalism has a way of oppressing others. Read Summary
We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination. Read Summary
I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Read Summary
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them. Read Summary
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. Read Summary
The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actually protecting the community. But then you have ones from the Valley. They never met me in their life, but since I'm a kid in basketball shorts and a white T-shirt, they wanna slam me on the hood of the car. Sixteen years old. Read Summary
I'm not for gay marriage, but I'm not for discriminating against people. Read Summary
When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights. Read Summary
I am against discrimination of any kind, but if I make snap judgments, no matter who it's towards, aren't I committing the same sin as someone who profiles? Read Summary
Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin. Read Summary
Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said. Read Summary