Segregation Quotes – City of Quotes

An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there’s no longer segregation in America’s schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.

Jonathan Kozol

An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there’s no longer segregation in America’s schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.

Jonathan Kozol

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In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

Jesse Jackson

In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

Jesse Jackson

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The transition between life in red-state America and life in the Arab capital was at times overwhelming because of the traditional segregation of men and women in many public and private settings.

G. Willow Wilson

The transition between life in red-state America and life in the Arab capital was at times overwhelming because of the traditional segregation of men and women in many public and private settings.

G. Willow Wilson

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Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.

Malcolm X

Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.

Malcolm X

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It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.

Marian Wright Edelman

It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.

Marian Wright Edelman

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My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation.

Alice Walker

My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation.

Alice Walker

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Segregation has no place in the education system.

Richard Dawkins

Segregation has no place in the education system.

Richard Dawkins

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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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Racial segregation in the South not only separated the races, but it separated the South from the rest of the country.

Robert Dallek

Racial segregation in the South not only separated the races, but it separated the South from the rest of the country.

Robert Dallek

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Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

Jonathan Kozol

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

Jonathan Kozol

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When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.

John Lewis

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.

John Lewis

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There shouldn’t be a segregation of women over a size 16, it should just be all women who want to wear beautiful clothes.

Jameela Jamil

There shouldn’t be a segregation of women over a size 16, it should just be all women who want to wear beautiful clothes.

Jameela Jamil

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The stage is the last bastion of segregation.

Lynn Nottage

The stage is the last bastion of segregation.

Lynn Nottage

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And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.

Carter G. Woodson

And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.

Carter G. Woodson

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This whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish.

Maisie Williams

This whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish.

Maisie Williams

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I didn’t actually realise what apartheid meant. I’m probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses.

John Deacon

I didn’t actually realise what apartheid meant. I’m probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses.

John Deacon

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We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals.

Jonathan Kozol

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals.

Jonathan Kozol

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The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence.

Stanley Crouch

The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence.

Stanley Crouch

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As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.

Cass Sunstein

As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.

Cass Sunstein

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In this country, there is a segregation of Black Turks and White Turks. Your brother Tayyip belongs to the Black Turks.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

In this country, there is a segregation of Black Turks and White Turks. Your brother Tayyip belongs to the Black Turks.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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An awful lot of people come to college with this strange idea that there’s no longer segregation in America’s schools, that our schools are basically equal; neither of these things is true.

In many ways, history is marked as ‘before’ and ‘after’ Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

The transition between life in red-state America and life in the Arab capital was at times overwhelming because of the traditional segregation of men and women in many public and private settings.

Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.

It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation.

My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation.

Segregation has no place in the education system.

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.

Racial segregation in the South not only separated the races, but it separated the South from the rest of the country.

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance.

When growing up, I saw segregation. I saw racial discrimination. I saw those signs that said white men, colored men. White women, colored women. White waiting. And I didn’t like it.

There shouldn’t be a segregation of women over a size 16, it should just be all women who want to wear beautiful clothes.

The stage is the last bastion of segregation.

And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.

This whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish.

I didn’t actually realise what apartheid meant. I’m probably a bit naive, but I thought it was more of a vague segregation, like on the beaches and buses.

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals.

The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence.

As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.

In this country, there is a segregation of Black Turks and White Turks. Your brother Tayyip belongs to the Black Turks.