Eduardo Bonilla-Silva famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I'm not going to sit here now and say 'do this,' or 'do that.' But you must - must - expunge any vestige of racism.
Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
Racism is a way to gain economic advantage at the expense of others. Slavery and plantations may be gone, but racism still allows us to regard those who may keep us from financial gain as less than equals.
One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.
I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?
Most human beings spend their lives battling with opposing inner forces: what they think they should do versus what they are doing; how they feel about themselves versus how they are; whether they think theyâ€™re right and worthy or wrong and unworthy. The separate self is just the conglomeration of these opposing forces. When the self drops away, inner division drops away with it.
In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.
Differences will always exist, but division doesn't always have to result.
I don't see the world in sexual divisions.
The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.

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