Prejudices Quotes

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

...but prejudices, like odorous bodies, have a double existence both solid and subtle — solid as the pyramids, subtle as the twentieth echo of an echo, or as the memory of hyacinths which once scented the darkness.

When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human rights.

DaShanne Stokes

Abolish music prejudices. Form opinions and love music for itself, not its genre, performer(s) or popularity status.

Abigail Biddinger

If a God tends to reinforce the prejudices in a society instead of diminishing them from the society, then such God is worse than Cancer.

Patriotism or Nationalism without reasoning is what I call “Nationalist Fundamentalism”, which is as dangerous as “Religious Fundamentalism”.

Prejudices, mysticism, bigotry these things only distort religion, like they have actually done to the most religions of the world.

Rosies mother was a highly strung bundle of barely thought-through prejudices, worries and feuds.

I never see the color of a person. I never notice the color of their eyes. But the thing that always gets my attention. Is when the spout out lies

Stanley Victor Paskavich

People often call fighting racism being 'PC' when they don't want to confront their own prejudice

DaShanne Stokes

Racism hurts everyone, including racists themselves.

DaShanne Stokes

Tolerance of intolerance enables oppression.

DaShanne Stokes

Reducing a group to a slur or stereotype reduces us all.

DaShanne Stokes

Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress.

DaShanne Stokes

Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.

DaShanne Stokes

You're not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you've always had.

DaShanne Stokes

Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.

DaShanne Stokes

We must tell the world that even though we elected a bigot, bigotry will not prevail.

DaShanne Stokes

Whites saying 'make America white again' is like millionaires saying 'make the wealthy rich again.

DaShanne Stokes

The minute we look away, the minute we stop fighting back, that's the minute bigotry wins.

DaShanne Stokes

Bigotry is based on deception, of oneself and of others.

DaShanne Stokes

Saying something is 'politically correct' is often a way of dismissing the voices of the oppressed.

DaShanne Stokes

It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.

DaShanne Stokes

Standing against discrimination for some while supporting discrimination against others hurts us all.

DaShanne Stokes

A stereotype is not a stereotype if it's true.

Confession time: I doubt I would ever have picked up one of Marjorie’s books, had I not met her in person. The reason is they’re categorized as Romances, which is where they are shelved in bookstores. Though I have no justification for avoiding it, the romance section is an area in bookstores I seldom wander into. Her novels also have traditional-looking romance book covers, which are occasionally a bit off-putting to us mighty manly men. Then again, who knows? I don’t carry many biases where good storytelling is concerned. I’m willing to find it anywhere, as too many of my friends will attest, when I try to drag them to wonderful movies that they aren’t eager to go to, simply because they fall under the chick-flick rubric. So, in any case, I’m glad I did meet Marjorie Liu in person, because it would have been a shame to miss out on the work of an author this talented due to whatever degree of cultural prejudices I might still possess. I trust you who read this won’t make the same mistake.

Bill Willingham

Noah had transformed in my eyes, too, butt it wasn't because he had changed. It was my perception of him had changed. He'd always been the cool person I'd come to know and respect, I'd just been blinded by my prejudices.

Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live.

DaShanne Stokes

There is nothing 'honorable' or 'reasonable' in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate.

DaShanne Stokes

You will think you take generous views of her; but you will never begin to know through what a strange sea of feeling she passed before she accepted you. As she stood there in front of you the other day, she plunged into it. She said 'Why not?' to something which, a few hours earlier, had been inconceivable. She turned about on a thousand gathered prejudices and traditions as on a pivot, and looked where she had never looked hitherto.

A good judge is not one who is impartial, but one who has prejudice for good.

People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged.

DaShanne Stokes

Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.

DaShanne Stokes

No, I mean, this is a problem that most people have. A problem of the human condition. We get ahold of some kind of shorthand in understanding people, and we think it works, and we use it to assess, categorize, and then, very often, dismiss people. It's the basis for stereotyping, profiling, and several other very sorry words that end in i-n-g.

Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.

DaShanne Stokes

Racism is dead only to those who've closed their eyes and ears to the whole world around them.

DaShanne Stokes

It's terrifying to think you could become the next statistic.

DaShanne Stokes

Trump didn't divide America. He just doused us with gasoline and fanned the flames.

DaShanne Stokes

Building bridges takes us further than building walls.

DaShanne Stokes

Calling for an end to hate shouldn't be treated as a punishable offense.

DaShanne Stokes

What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege?

DaShanne Stokes

Privilege is when your voice is the norm but still you claim to be unheard.

DaShanne Stokes

There is a flow to history and culture. This flow is rooted and has its wellspring in the thoughts of people. People are unique in the inner life of the mind -- what they are in their thought-world determines how they act. This is true of their value systems and it is true of their creativity. It is true of their corporate actions, such as political decisions, and it is true of their personal lives. The results of their thought-world flow through their fingers or from their tongues into the external world.

Francis A.Schaeffer

It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices.

Clarence Darrow, one of history's greatest lawyers, once noted "There is no such thing as justice, in or out of court." Perhaps because justice is a flawed concept that ultimately comes down to the decision of twelve people. People with their own experiences, prejudices, feelings about what defines right and wrong. Which is why, when the system fails us, we must go out and seek our own justice.

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

Brandon Sanderson

If you can't see past my name, you can't see me.

DaShanne Stokes

You will get closer to the truths only when you start thinking this way: My religion is not the best religion, my country is not the best country, my culture is not the best culture, and my life is not the best life! The more you move away from arrogance, pride and prejudice, the more you will get closer to the truth!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't.

DaShanne Stokes

Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror.

DaShanne Stokes

Saying it's hard being straight is like complaining to the poor that it's difficult being wealthy.

DaShanne Stokes

If you think being straight means you're being discriminated against, you're probably misreading your privilege.

DaShanne Stokes

To pronounce French properly you must have within you a deep antipathy, not to say scorn, for some of the most sacred of the Anglo-Saxon prejudices.

Rex Stout

If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are.

DaShanne Stokes

There are no other heaven and hell outside the human mind. Goodness is heaven, hatred is hell. Acceptance is religion, sectarianism is blasphemy. Love is holiness, discrimination is sin.

Start working my friend – start working towards humanizing the world. Because the world needs humans – conscientious humans, not some dumb manikins, driven by prejudice and discrimination.

Become a human and call upon the humans in others. And in time the world shall become a real abode of peace.

Salvation of human life requires disclosure of truth through reason, surpassing bigotry.

Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions.

DaShanne Stokes

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opin

Albert Einstein

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