Redd Foxx Quotes

The idea that education will lead to a lessening of bigotry is just factually incorrect.

You know, people aren't always the most open-minded.

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.

Racism has a very quick expiration date when exposed to actual contact with people.

Stereotyping of any race or culture is narrow-minded, and I can't wait to help break the shackles.

Discrimination is not liberal. Arguing against discrimination is not intolerance.

I don't much care who is gay or straight or married or not. I mostly notice if they are brave enough to confront bigotry.

You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry.

Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.

Prejudice is a learned trait. You're not born prejudiced; you're taught it.

Folks never understand the folks they hate.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

For instance, one big issue in hip hop is the gay thing. It's 2013, and it's a shame that, to this day, that topic still gets people all excited. It's crazy. And it makes me upset that this topic even matters when it comes to hip hop, because it makes it seem like everybody in hip hop is small-minded or stupid - and that's not the case.

I am certainly not racist; I even like the British.

Nobody wants to be racist and I think that most people aren't.

In the 21st Century there is no place for Xenephobia, Anti-Semitism of any other form of discrimination.

Education helps one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.

Color prejudice and religion are akin in one respect. Some folks have it and some don't, and the kernel that is responsible for it is present in us all.

I do think that the worst thing that a parent can do is to teach children to hate—prejudice.

I hate prejudice of any kind, whether it be color or sexual preference.

I feel it's a lot easier to hate or dislike someone that you see as different. It is a lot harder to hate them when you see they are just the exact same as you.

I've not experienced racism from other players. Not once. You experience ignorance but that's not the same at all, and I'm always happy to discuss things. If that helps people learn about Islam, to learn there's nothing to fear, then great, that's all part of my role.

I haven't experienced a lot of prejudice in my life, but I'm not naive to what goes on in the world.

I've never concerned myself with what anyone thought about my activity, be they people within my profession or people outside of it, and I definitely wouldn't concern myself with anything coming from a racist bigot like a Klan member.

Racism exists, but it is far less rampant than ignorance, and ignorance can be cured through experience.