Segregated Quotes – City of Quotes

As a child, I lived through and survived the segregated South. I sat at the back of the bus at a time when America wasn’t yet as great as it could be.

Donna Brazile

As a child, I lived through and survived the segregated South. I sat at the back of the bus at a time when America wasn’t yet as great as it could be.

Donna Brazile

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In a country that was still racially segregated and prejudiced, music was among the first domains in which African-Americans thrived alongside whites.

Daniel Levitin

In a country that was still racially segregated and prejudiced, music was among the first domains in which African-Americans thrived alongside whites.

Daniel Levitin

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In a place like Afghanistan where the society is completely segregated, women have access to women. Men cannot always photograph women and cannot get the access that I get.

Lynsey Addario

In a place like Afghanistan where the society is completely segregated, women have access to women. Men cannot always photograph women and cannot get the access that I get.

Lynsey Addario

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Chicago is highly segregated, a fact that both causes and compounds the problems we face in bringing an end to violence.

Blase J. Cupich

Chicago is highly segregated, a fact that both causes and compounds the problems we face in bringing an end to violence.

Blase J. Cupich

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I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.

Anna Deavere Smith

I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.

Anna Deavere Smith

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The South was very segregated. I mean, all through my childhood, long after Jim Crow was supposed to not be in existence, it was still a very segregated South.

Jacqueline Woodson

The South was very segregated. I mean, all through my childhood, long after Jim Crow was supposed to not be in existence, it was still a very segregated South.

Jacqueline Woodson

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You know if we were to look back and how we were in 1955 living in Jim Crow, living in segregation, living in segregated schools, it’s hard to believe that it was America, but it really was.

Anna Deavere Smith

You know if we were to look back and how we were in 1955 living in Jim Crow, living in segregation, living in segregated schools, it’s hard to believe that it was America, but it really was.

Anna Deavere Smith

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Staten Island is segregated, but it’s also – I don’t know. It’s, like, it’s not – it’s not unprogressive.

Colin Jost

Staten Island is segregated, but it’s also – I don’t know. It’s, like, it’s not – it’s not unprogressive.

Colin Jost

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L.A. is a town built upon segregated, individual fantasies.

Mike D

L.A. is a town built upon segregated, individual fantasies.

Mike D

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I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me.

Ed Kowalczyk

I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me.

Ed Kowalczyk

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I grew up in the segregated South, right here in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Jerry Falwell

I grew up in the segregated South, right here in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Jerry Falwell

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Our pop cultural likes and dislikes are still very segregated, and that is not true of ‘Billy on the Street.’

Billy Eichner

Our pop cultural likes and dislikes are still very segregated, and that is not true of ‘Billy on the Street.’

Billy Eichner

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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.

Barney Frank

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.

Barney Frank

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Chicago’s one of the most segregated cities in America. Everybody lives in their own silos and vacuums.

Luvvie Ajayi

Chicago’s one of the most segregated cities in America. Everybody lives in their own silos and vacuums.

Luvvie Ajayi

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We are now operating a school system in America that’s more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.

Jonathan Kozol

We are now operating a school system in America that’s more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.

Jonathan Kozol

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Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available.

Jonathan Kozol

Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available.

Jonathan Kozol

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As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me.

Teresa Heinz

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me.

Teresa Heinz

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It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you’re wearing.

Alan Sugar

It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you’re wearing.

Alan Sugar

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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.

Jackie Robinson

It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.

Jackie Robinson

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People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

John Goodman

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

John Goodman

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As a child, I lived through and survived the segregated South. I sat at the back of the bus at a time when America wasn’t yet as great as it could be.

In a country that was still racially segregated and prejudiced, music was among the first domains in which African-Americans thrived alongside whites.

In a place like Afghanistan where the society is completely segregated, women have access to women. Men cannot always photograph women and cannot get the access that I get.

Chicago is highly segregated, a fact that both causes and compounds the problems we face in bringing an end to violence.

I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.

The South was very segregated. I mean, all through my childhood, long after Jim Crow was supposed to not be in existence, it was still a very segregated South.

You know if we were to look back and how we were in 1955 living in Jim Crow, living in segregation, living in segregated schools, it’s hard to believe that it was America, but it really was.

Staten Island is segregated, but it’s also – I don’t know. It’s, like, it’s not – it’s not unprogressive.

L.A. is a town built upon segregated, individual fantasies.

I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me.

I grew up in the segregated South, right here in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Our pop cultural likes and dislikes are still very segregated, and that is not true of ‘Billy on the Street.’

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.

Chicago’s one of the most segregated cities in America. Everybody lives in their own silos and vacuums.

We are now operating a school system in America that’s more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King.

Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available.

As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated. But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me.

It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you’re wearing.

It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.

People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.