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

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

- Jane Elliott

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

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

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

- 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

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

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

- Jane Elliott