Racism

When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point read more

When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point out that it is not because of my colour.

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by read more

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

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

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

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about read more

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?

At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people read more

At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people into being

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and read more

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man's court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice.

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in read more

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.