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Even the awards themselves are not enough to overcome the structural racism and sexism that women of color face in Hollywood. – Nancy Wang	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We are fighting racism. We’re fighting sexism. We’re fighting homophobia. I think we should also be fighting ageism. Trust people, look at people, and say, ‘You know, this person is competent. This person’s incompetent.’ There are a lot of 40-year-olds out there who ain’t particularly competent. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If you are reading this and you marched in the Black Lives Matter movement or you desire to live in a society free of racism, racial discrimination, sexism or misogyny, then you should be paying attention, because while caste oppression or discrimination does not affect all Americans, the way it manifests itself is no different than other types of oppression under capitalism. – Maya Kamble	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Was my lab kind of freewheeling and fun? Yes, you know, was the word retarded used sometimes, yes. That there was sort of outright sexism to people, no, and I certainly wouldn’t have tolerated that if that was the case so I do resist certainly a locker room atmosphere – I resist that characterization. Was it light and banter-full and people joked around and made fun of each other sometimes, yes, but in a very mutual kind of way. – David Sabatini	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Your failure to speak up and speak out is putting your brand at risk, because conservatism is being conflated with racism, sexism, antisemitism and all of the invidious phobias, i would encourage you to have the courage to speak out and protect the conservative brand. – Al Green	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Allison has been clear that her relationship with Jeff changed during Covid, and regrets that they didn’t properly disclose it to WarnerMedia at that time. Continuing to publicly debate the private details of her personal life reeks of sexism and only further underscores WarnerMedia’s retaliatory actions against her. – Risa Heller	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Nothing in this language prevents schools from teaching any aspect of American history, such as teaching about racism, sexism, or slavery — it simply ensures that children will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, sexual identity, or religion. – Chris Sununu	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Glass ceiling ? Ha ! What glass ceiling ? Women, women exaggerate the problem of sexism. – Larry Elder	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The whole society gets the benefits from the work that we do, and yet the racism and sexism, worrying about the rise of hate crimes, worrying about the safety of your children, worrying about your children being profiled and put in the school to prison pipeline ... that all takes a toll. – Liz Dwyer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We also know from our own history and from the histories of other nations that anti-Semitism often goes hand in hand with racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia and other hatreds. None of these ideologies should have a home in our workplace or our nation. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm a Black woman and I'm a member of the LGBTQ community, it's not okay that systemic racism, homophobia, and sexism still exist but I'm going to play the cards that I'm dealt. – Lori Lightfoot	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Because traffickers prey on those who are vulnerable, those who are less likely to have access to good jobs or educational opportunities, who are less likely to be treated as equal by place in the justice system and who are less likely to be believed when they report that they are being targeted or abused, if we're serious about ending trafficking of persons, we must also work to root out systemic racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination and to build more equitable society in every dimension. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think so much of it is sexism, my guess is if it was a man who was in Kamala Harris role, he would not be nearly as scrutinized in terms of how he gave those answers as Kamala Harris was. – Adrienne Elrod	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Fatal violence disproportionately affects transgender women of color because they are at the intersections of racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and they, unfortunately, are receiving the brunt of the violence in this country. – Alphonso David	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Respect for diversity of opinion on matters of public concern is a key tenet of the educational philosophy of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and it’s important to remember that an invitation to speak does not represent an endorsement of all past or future statements by a given speaker, we do not condone racism, sexism, anti-Semitism or any form of bias. – Public Affairs Dean Gary Segura	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Racism is real in Asian American. And Asian American has always been. Xenophobia is real in Asian American, and always has been. Sexism too, the President and I will not be silent. We will not stand by. We will always speak out against violence, hate crimes and discrimination, wherever and whenever it occurs. – Vice President Harris	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Dahm has made it abundantly clear that he was intentional with his words. ... The justification for sexism given by Senator Dahm in and of itself is grounds for censure. – Ajay Pittman	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
All the stereotypes and stigma associated with how she was called and the names used for her, that really allowed racism and sexism to enter into the proceedings. – Julie Kaye	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Sexism, society is primed to view anything produced by women for women as lesser, and there's always been an assumption that romance is frivolous, poorly written, and holds little appeal for men. Bridgerton's success is proving all those assumptions false. – Tessa Dare	Found on CNN 3 years ago
In the past weeks, divisive statements and allegations have left many members of our community struggling to reconcile our transformative experiences in the local box with what we've been reading online, my view is simple : Racism and sexism are abhorrent and will not be tolerated in CrossFit. We open our arms to everyone, and I will be working hard to rebuild bridges with those whose trust we have lost. – Eric Roza	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I don't care if I lose my life if that means my nieces and my nephews won't have to deal with someone invalidating them because of the color of their skin, it sounds extreme and it might sound dramatic to people, but as a black person every day that I wake up I could die. Especially as a black woman dealing with sexism and dealing with racism I'm combating double the trouble. – Philomena Wankenge	Found on CNN 3 years ago
You know, that is the trap question for women, if you say,' Yeah -- there was sexism in this race,' everyone says,' Whiner.' And if you say,' No, there was no sexism,' about a bazillion women think,' What planet do you live on ?'. – Elizabeth Warren	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Theres so much work to do to combat white supremacy, homophobia, transphobia, sexism all the ways in which people are treated as less than the children of God that they are. – Tia Dufour -RRB- Deitrich	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I can not even contemplate the amount of sexism Kathy Scruggs may have faced in the way of duty. – Prince Williams/Wireimage -RRB- Wilde	Found on FOX News 4 years ago

Even the awards themselves are not enough to overcome the structural racism and sexism that women of color face in Hollywood.

– Nancy Wang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are fighting racism. We’re fighting sexism. We’re fighting homophobia. I think we should also be fighting ageism. Trust people, look at people, and say, ‘You know, this person is competent. This person’s incompetent.’ There are a lot of 40-year-olds out there who ain’t particularly competent.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you are reading this and you marched in the Black Lives Matter movement or you desire to live in a society free of racism, racial discrimination, sexism or misogyny, then you should be paying attention, because while caste oppression or discrimination does not affect all Americans, the way it manifests itself is no different than other types of oppression under capitalism.

– Maya Kamble

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Was my lab kind of freewheeling and fun? Yes, you know, was the word retarded used sometimes, yes. That there was sort of outright sexism to people, no, and I certainly wouldn’t have tolerated that if that was the case so I do resist certainly a locker room atmosphere – I resist that characterization. Was it light and banter-full and people joked around and made fun of each other sometimes, yes, but in a very mutual kind of way.

– David Sabatini

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Your failure to speak up and speak out is putting your brand at risk, because conservatism is being conflated with racism, sexism, antisemitism and all of the invidious phobias, i would encourage you to have the courage to speak out and protect the conservative brand.

– Al Green

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Allison has been clear that her relationship with Jeff changed during Covid, and regrets that they didn’t properly disclose it to WarnerMedia at that time. Continuing to publicly debate the private details of her personal life reeks of sexism and only further underscores WarnerMedia’s retaliatory actions against her.

– Risa Heller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Nothing in this language prevents schools from teaching any aspect of American history, such as teaching about racism, sexism, or slavery — it simply ensures that children will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, gender, sexual identity, or religion.

– Chris Sununu

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Glass ceiling ? Ha ! What glass ceiling ? Women, women exaggerate the problem of sexism.

– Larry Elder

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The whole society gets the benefits from the work that we do, and yet the racism and sexism, worrying about the rise of hate crimes, worrying about the safety of your children, worrying about your children being profiled and put in the school to prison pipeline ... that all takes a toll.

– Liz Dwyer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We also know from our own history and from the histories of other nations that anti-Semitism often goes hand in hand with racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia and other hatreds. None of these ideologies should have a home in our workplace or our nation.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm a Black woman and I'm a member of the LGBTQ community, it's not okay that systemic racism, homophobia, and sexism still exist but I'm going to play the cards that I'm dealt.

– Lori Lightfoot

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Because traffickers prey on those who are vulnerable, those who are less likely to have access to good jobs or educational opportunities, who are less likely to be treated as equal by place in the justice system and who are less likely to be believed when they report that they are being targeted or abused, if we're serious about ending trafficking of persons, we must also work to root out systemic racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination and to build more equitable society in every dimension.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think so much of it is sexism, my guess is if it was a man who was in Kamala Harris role, he would not be nearly as scrutinized in terms of how he gave those answers as Kamala Harris was.

– Adrienne Elrod

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Fatal violence disproportionately affects transgender women of color because they are at the intersections of racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and they, unfortunately, are receiving the brunt of the violence in this country.

– Alphonso David

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Respect for diversity of opinion on matters of public concern is a key tenet of the educational philosophy of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and it’s important to remember that an invitation to speak does not represent an endorsement of all past or future statements by a given speaker, we do not condone racism, sexism, anti-Semitism or any form of bias.

– Public Affairs Dean Gary Segura

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Racism is real in Asian American. And Asian American has always been. Xenophobia is real in Asian American, and always has been. Sexism too, the President and I will not be silent. We will not stand by. We will always speak out against violence, hate crimes and discrimination, wherever and whenever it occurs.

– Vice President Harris

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Dahm has made it abundantly clear that he was intentional with his words. ... The justification for sexism given by Senator Dahm in and of itself is grounds for censure.

– Ajay Pittman

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

All the stereotypes and stigma associated with how she was called and the names used for her, that really allowed racism and sexism to enter into the proceedings.

– Julie Kaye

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Sexism, society is primed to view anything produced by women for women as lesser, and there's always been an assumption that romance is frivolous, poorly written, and holds little appeal for men. Bridgerton's success is proving all those assumptions false.

– Tessa Dare

Found on CNN
3 years ago

In the past weeks, divisive statements and allegations have left many members of our community struggling to reconcile our transformative experiences in the local box with what we've been reading online, my view is simple : Racism and sexism are abhorrent and will not be tolerated in CrossFit. We open our arms to everyone, and I will be working hard to rebuild bridges with those whose trust we have lost.

– Eric Roza

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I don't care if I lose my life if that means my nieces and my nephews won't have to deal with someone invalidating them because of the color of their skin, it sounds extreme and it might sound dramatic to people, but as a black person every day that I wake up I could die. Especially as a black woman dealing with sexism and dealing with racism I'm combating double the trouble.

– Philomena Wankenge

Found on CNN
3 years ago

You know, that is the trap question for women, if you say,' Yeah -- there was sexism in this race,' everyone says,' Whiner.' And if you say,' No, there was no sexism,' about a bazillion women think,' What planet do you live on ?'.

– Elizabeth Warren

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Theres so much work to do to combat white supremacy, homophobia, transphobia, sexism all the ways in which people are treated as less than the children of God that they are.

– Tia Dufour -RRB- Deitrich

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I can not even contemplate the amount of sexism Kathy Scruggs may have faced in the way of duty.

– Prince Williams/Wireimage -RRB- Wilde

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

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