Famous quotes containing the words prejudice and/or privilege:
“If prejudice is native and it is you
Will find it ineradicable....”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Men will not give up their privilege of helplessness without a struggle. The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters—from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer’s telephone number—a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him better than the reputation for having a violent temper.”
—Crystal Eastman (1881–1928)