Somebody has to wear the black hat and give the audience someone to shake their fists at. They want someone to hate. And if that's what you want to p…

- Jane Elliott

We are still conditioning people in this country and, indeed, all over the globe to the myth of white superiority. We are constantly being told that …

- Jane Elliott

When you say to a person of colour, 'When I see you, I don't see you Black; I just see everybody the same' think about that. You don't have the right…

- Jane Elliott

To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor.

- Jane Elliott

We dont know anything about racism. Weve never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you…

- Jane Elliott

We learn to be racist, therefore we can learn not to be racist. Racism is not genetical. It has everything to do with power.

- Jane Elliott

We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables —…

- Jane Elliott

Racism is a learned affliction and anything that is learned can be unlearned

- Jane Elliott

Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.

- Jane Elliott