Richard Powers Quotes

People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.

It's not enough to just not be racist. You've got to be anti-racist. You've got to hold everybody accountable.

I was the first South Asian female to do comedy videos on YouTube. But at the same time, all races face their barriers, and I've learned through YouTube, if it's not race, it will be sexism, if it's not sexism, it will be homophobia. It will always be something, and all voices should be heard.

We cannot reform institutional racism or systemic policies if we are not actively engaged. It's not enough to simply complain about injustice; the only way to prevent future injustice is to create the society we would like to see, one where we are all equal under the law.

The only way you get to the goal of color blindness is to be color conscious along the way.

To ignore race and sex is racist and sexist.

I am an enemy of racism

We suspect that 25 years from now the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary.

Even in 'Hollyoaks,' we were known as 'the black family' as opposed to just 'the new family.' But that's where we are in the world, I guess. It's getting better; everything's heading in the right direction, whether it be race, sex, gender.

We've come a long way from the days where there was state-enforced segregation. But we still have a way to go.

People want to know and understand each other across lines of race, class, gender, sexuality, ability.

I love when white people use their privilege to combat prejudice.

I tend to gravitate toward gender- and race-related stories.

We'll always be re-examining how we relate to each other in terms of race and gender, in terms of power and access.

None of us live single-issue lives... That is why intersectionality is a strength, not a weakness.

I'm against an all-white anything or an all-black anything.

However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.

I am Chinese - it doesn't matter what other people say.

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction.

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

Being born in Jamaica, race was never an issue. It was always about the type of person I wanted to be, not the colour of my skin.

The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything.

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on.