Quotes about Segregation

Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever! Votes: 8

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people. Votes: 8

Segregation in the South is honest, open and aboveboard. Of the two systems, or styles of segregation, the Northern and the Southern, there is no doubt whatever in my mind which is the better. Votes: 8

America preaches integration and practices segregation. Votes: 6

Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality. Votes: 6

And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race. Votes: 6

I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote. Votes: 6

My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregation and racial discrimination, they told me not to get in the way, not to get in trouble, not to make any noise. Votes: 6

Segregation has no place in the education system. Votes: 5

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me. Votes: 4

The legal battle against segregation is won, but the community battle goes on. Votes: 4

Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals. Votes: 4

As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race. Votes: 4

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just. Votes: 4

Everybody did something. It was very entertaining. We had a lot of fun. Lot of fun. And there was no segregation, that I could see. I never saw any Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking. Votes: 4

It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two. Votes: 4

During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities. Votes: 4

I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that. Votes: 4

The emergency problem of segregation and sterilization must be faced immediately. Every feeble-minded girl or woman of the hereditary type, especially of the moron class, should be segregated during the reproductive periodwe prefer the policy of immediate sterilization, of making sure that parenthood is absolutely prohibited to the feeble-minded. Votes: 4

In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent to crime, drugs and unemployment, I can't think of a supposedly Black issue that hasn't wasted the original Black target group and then spread like measles to outlying white experience. Votes: 4

There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. Votes: 4

What is our greatest enemy? Segregation. Votes: 3

Segregation shaped me; education liberated me. Votes: 3

Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit Votes: 3

My uncertainty disappeared. Segregation is evil, and I cannot, as a minister, condone evil. Votes: 3

Segregation is a word of the past. Unity is the key to a peaceful future. Votes: 3

Segregation is evil; there is no pattern of life which can dehumanize men as can the way of segregation. Votes: 3

Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects. Votes: 3

Segregation or separation is thus a basic principle of Biblical Law with respect to religion and morality. Every attempt to destroy this principle is an effort to reduce society to its lowest common denominator. Votes: 3

Segregation...not only harms one physically but injures one spiritually...It scars the soul...It is a system which forever stares the segregated in the face, saying 'You are less than...''You are not equal to...' Votes: 3

White individuals that have been going to jail. Segregation still exists; discrimination still exists. A few isolated white people whose individual acts are designed to eliminate this, that or, or the next thing but, yet, it is never eliminated is in no way impressive to me. Votes: 3

Racial segregation has come back to public education with a vengeance. Votes: 2

My family was a poor farming family, and we lived under absolute segregation. Votes: 2

Being so closely related to the South, barbecue was part of segregation and helped defeat it. Votes: 2

The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence. Votes: 2

Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that communication between the races has broken down. Votes: 2

Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature. Votes: 2

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. No, I refuse to pretend the problem is insufficient knowledge. We lack the theological will to do it. Votes: 2

I would say the country is a different country. It is a better country. The signs I saw when I was growing up are gone and they will not return. In many ways the walls of segregation have been torn down. Votes: 2

We demand that segregation be ended in every school district in the year 1963! We demand that we have effective civil rights legislation - no compromise, no filibuster - and that include public accommodations, decent housing, integrated education, FEPC and the right to vote. Votes: 2

I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war. Votes: 2

My daddy thought - no, he expected - that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He was correct in his belief because he had lived in an America of continual social progress, depression followed by prosperity, segregation by integration, and so on. Votes: 2

I grew up in the South under segregation. So, I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. I mean, that's terrorism, too. Votes: 2

When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that women were by nature in inferior to men, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that it was okay to hate other religions, and especially the Jews, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. Votes: 2

Pop culture mirrored the segregation. Votes: 0

Vouchers lead to competition, not re-segregation. Votes: 0

Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation. Votes: 0

Black is not a vice. Nor is segregation a virtue. Votes: 0

Back when they supported segregation, Lott and Thurmond were Democrats. Votes: 0

The policies enacted during segregation are still being felt in Birmingham. Votes: 0

Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work. Votes: 0

This whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish. Votes: 0

It never occurred to me that I was not going to challenge segregation. Votes: 0

I bet they love those games on Friday night more than they do segregation. Votes: 0

We stand for the segregation of the races and the racial integrity of each race. Votes: 0

Why was there not massive civil disobedience against this anti-Christian discrimination, as there was against segregation? Votes: 0

In America, there is no racial segregation. I'm not sure I'm quite familiar with this phrase. Votes: 0

The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader. Votes: 0

What we cannot deny is that there's an association between exclusion, segregation, non-violent extremist thinking, and jihadism. Votes: 0

Give dysgenic groups [people with 'bad genes'] in our population their choice of segregation or [compulsory] sterilization. Votes: 0

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art. Votes: 0

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right. Votes: 0

Supporting segregation need not be racist. One can believe in segregation and believe in equality of the races. Votes: 0

I concede that segregation can allay social tensions immediately, but it further debilitates us in the long run. Votes: 0

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for. Votes: 0

I am not a racist in any form whatsoever. I don't believe in any form of discrimination or segregation. Votes: 0

In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like. Votes: 0

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. Votes: 0

The whole reason for Jazz at the Philharmonic was to take it to places where I could break down segregation. Votes: 0

Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. Votes: 0

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Votes: 0

There's no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty? Votes: 0

In its heart, America knew that racial segregation was wrong. In its heart, America knows that human life begins before birth. Votes: 0

But in New York, it's different"”even uptown it's really grand, and there's no real segregation there. It's all mixed up. Votes: 0

I grew up in North Carolina being told that the Bible approves slavery and segregation, that it was the will of God. Votes: 0

The Republican Party, in many ways, grew up as a reaction to that [ segregation], and a lot of people have misunderstood that. Votes: 0

The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence? Votes: 0

All reduction of people to objects, all imposition of labels and patterns to which they must conform, all segregation can lead only to destruction. Votes: 0

L.A is a huge place, literally and metaphorically. Its beauty and horror. Its unconventional history. Its draw and allure. Its diversity and segregation. Votes: 0

In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope and skepticism by African-Americans. Votes: 0

While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that's not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should. Votes: 0

I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but did not live there. Votes: 0

The interesting thing about Georgia is, Atlanta is teeming with middle-class black people and black people with money - and yet there is still segregation. Votes: 0

What changed their mind was Jimmy Carter's intervention against the Christian schools, trying to deny them tax-exempt status on the basis of so-called de facto segregation. Votes: 0

Because I grew up in Chicago, I didn't have an emotional relationship to segregation. I understood the facts and stories, but there was not an emotional relationship. Votes: 0

The March on Washington affirmed our values as a people: equality and opportunity for all. Forty-one years ago, during a time of segregation, these were an ideal. Votes: 0

Racial segregation must be seen for what it is, and that is an evil system, a new form of slavery covered up with certain niceties of complexity. Votes: 0

My parents, who grew up in terror and dealt with segregation and humiliation, nonetheless taught us to be hopeful and open and loving and not hateful toward anyone. Votes: 0

I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you can, but don't hide within it. Votes: 0

Do away with curriculum. Do away with segregation by age. And do away with the idea that there should be uniformity of all schools and of what people learn. Votes: 0

I've always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don't believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to the breakdown of segregation. Votes: 0

If we don't want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET, and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you're only awarded if you're black. Votes: 0

the tormented world cries out for internationhood, for co-existence in a harmony of diversity and mutual aid, for an end to self-segregation along secondary or superficial or downright imbecilic lines. Votes: 0

No wonder the regulators decided on segregation of boys and girls: Otherwise, it would have been a nightmare, this feeling angry and self-conscious and confused and annoyed all the time. Votes: 0

Chicago has very few public spaces where people are encouraged to get together. It's partly to prevent riots, and also to segregate a city with a history of racial segregation. Votes: 0

In Florida, then, and for farm workers for the most part in the US, there's a real sense of economic segregation. In the South, the structures of economic segregation still existed. Votes: 0

South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation. Votes: 0

There's five factors or characteristics of places where kids from poor backgrounds don't do very well. And those are places that have more economic and racial segregation, places with more income inequality. Votes: 0

Over time, this growing tendency of like marrying like will only reinforce clustering and geographic sorting along class lines, giving the emerging map of social, economic, and cultural segregation even greater permanence. Votes: 0

We've gone thorough religious wars and civil wars. America has gone through slavery, we've all gone through two world wars, segregation. Ultimately it's been a bloody, trying, wasteful, but eventually positive struggle. Votes: 0

Harry Truman was courageous enough to command that racial segregation be ended in the military. I was serving in a submarine in the U.S. Navy at the time he issued the order. Votes: 0

I truly believe that one of the things that has been lacking in the USA is a spirit of repentance about the injustices of slavery and the injustices of segregation and racism generally. Votes: 0

Be true. Be beautiful. Be free. In the midst of segregation and racism Mamma raised us to be independent and free. We saw ourselves as citizens of the world, not of a block. Votes: 0

Apply a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted, or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring. Votes: 0

I have the hatred of apartheid in my bones; and most of all I detest the segregation or separation of Language and Literature. I do not care which of them you think White. Votes: 0

When Johnson decided to fight for passage of the law John F. Kennedy had put before Congress in June 1963 banning segregation in places of public accommodation, he believed he was taking considerable political risks. Votes: 0

'Death at an Early Age' was about racial segregation in Boston. 'Illiterate America' was about grownups who can't read. 'Rachel and Her Children' was about people who were homeless in the middle of Manhattan. Votes: 0

Japan lives with drastic segregation between the sublime, the ugly, and the utterly without qualities. Dominance of the last 2 categories makes mere presence of the first stunning: when beauty 'happens', it is absolutely surprising. Votes: 0

The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians. Votes: 0

Death at an Early Age' was about racial segregation in Boston. 'Illiterate America' was about grownups who can't read. 'Rachel and Her Children' was about people who were homeless in the middle of Manhattan. Votes: 0

[Barack Obama] grew up in Hawaii, far, far removed from the most, you know, sort of violent, you know, tendencies of Jim Crow and segregation. He wasn't directly exposed to that. He was untraumatized. Votes: 0

Even after the child, the life of the black child was saved, but that same white man will have to toss him right back into the discriminate, into discrimination, segregation, and these other things. Votes: 0

The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution. Votes: 0

Everything that I've gone through informs me and my opinions in a way, I guess because I am a child of segregation. I lived through it. I lived in it. I was of it. Votes: 0

I grew up in the South. I grew up in the days of legalized segregation. And, so, whether you called it legal racial segregation or you called it apartheid, it was the same injustice. Votes: 0

We shouldn't let the Republicans off the hook. Theodore Roosevelt, we learned from Jeff Cowan's new book, was just as bad as certainly [Louis] Brandeis was, or many Democrats were on the question of segregation. Votes: 0

Jews were segregated from 1933 on. We could only play against other Jewish teams. This wasn't just social segregation; this was the beginning of the extermination of the Jews. That's why my family left Germany in 1938. Votes: 0

My beliefs are now one hundred percent against racism and segregation in any form and I also believe that we don't judge a person by the color of his skin but rather by his deeds. Votes: 0

There is no scriptural basis for segregation. The ground at the foot of the cross is level, and it touches my heart when I see whites standing shoulder to shoulder with blacks at the cross. Votes: 0