"Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics."
― Alex Haley
Topic(s):
Society
― Alex Haley
More From Alex Haley
- "In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future."
- "My fondest hope is that ‘Roots’ may start black, white, brown, red, yellow people digging back for their own roots. Man, that would make me feel 90 feet tall."
- "When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth."
More In Society
- "That person has to be accountable for himself. I think that’s what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone else’s life."― Herschel Walker
- "Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."― John W. Gardner
- "I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million plus Muslims in Britain, the vast bulk of them make a huge contribution to our society, and they actually make it the vibrant society it is."― David Miliband