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Discrimination Quotes

Bias, named plainly.

Several entries here weigh gender bias from more than one angle, noting an old boys' network alongside hazards that fall disproportionately on men in certain fields. The conversation continues in our Against collection.

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Age discrimination is illegal. But when compared with discrimination against racial minorities and women, it is a second-class civil rights issue.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

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Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

Quotes by A. E. Housman

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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

Quotes by Zainab Salbi

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I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

Quotes by Wilma Mankiller

Against Quotes

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Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

Quotes by Warren Farrell

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Is there discrimination against women? Yes, like the old boys' network. And sometimes discrimination against women becomes discrimination against men: in hazardous fields, women suffer fewer hazards.

Quotes by Warren Farrell

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Discrimination is not done by villains. It's done by us.

Quotes by Vivienne Ming

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Religious minority communities in India have endured incidents of harassment, discrimination, intimidation and violent attacks for decades, often with little hope for justice.

Quotes by Trent Franks

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Racial discrimination does not always violate public policy.

Quotes by Trent Lott

Always Quotes

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Sexual harassment and gender discrimination is real, it's far more pervasive than I think people have been willing to acknowledge.

Quotes by Tony West

One line insists that meaningful change depends on the people affected being willing to speak up for themselves, while another points out that ordinary people, not villains, are usually responsible. Related reading lives in our Believe and Always pages.