Francis J. Grimke Quotes

We beg you to save young America from the blight of race prejudice. Do not bind the children within the narrow circles of your own lives.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

My belief system is that you laugh at racism, and that's how it goes away.

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

I found no better way of dealing with the race problem as to interact with all other people as if discrimination did not exist.

I felt like there was something I needed to do - speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.

Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin'

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

I dream of a post-racial society that is not categorized by the color of their skin.

I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.

Irishmen and Irishwomen! treat the colored people as your equals, as brethren.

We are looking forward to a non-racial, just and egalitarian society in which color, creed and race shall form no point of reference.

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

We, as a party, are colour-blind.

I wasn't burdened by a personal history of prejudice. It's part of why I thought Barack could win.

I saw America as a land of opportunity, not a bastion of racism or sexism.

To me, race is not all about grievance. It is also about pride and empathy and humanity and understanding the value of difference. But along with that, there are also expectations that we should set for ourselves and for others. We should expect to be treated as equal citizens.

If you have any racist friends, it's on you to stop that immediately and let them know why that's not right, or what's wrong with the way they think or just opening their eyes and allowing them to understand what's wrong with their thought process because, to be honest, I mean, we're all human.

Education is the key solution for change, for peace, and for help in the fight against racism and discrimination in general.

Whether it's racism, homophobia, misogyny, transphobia, xenophobia, religious intolerance or other bias - we demand to live in a country where we can be safe to be who we are, believe what we want and love whomever we want.