Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.

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I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else. - Rita Moreno

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They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. - Rita Moreno

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I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain. - Rita Moreno

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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. — Oprah Winfrey

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Racism will disappear when it's no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it'll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.

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I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned. - Rita Moreno

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When I was a little girl, there was no Variety Latino. When I was a little girl, there was no nothing. There were very few roles for people like myself. - Rita Moreno

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I loved being in the film called 'Carnal Knowledge' - the one with Jack Nicholson, which was very dark but a really brilliant movie. I loved being in 'The Ritz.' 'The Ritz' I think is just hilarious. I just saw it again recently and by God, it's still funny! - Rita Moreno

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Racism is an excuse used for capitalism. ― Fred Hampton

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