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It's pretty awful being told you're a racist.

Nobody wants to be racist and I think that most people aren't.

Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day, our vocabulary seems more and more inadequate.

Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism.

I - listen, racism - being a racist is the worst thing you can say about somebody. I mean, it is such a charged accusation. And I really think people should be very careful before they level that.

I don't know how racists live with their racism. We need to take the road of love. I don't think folks are born that way; it's learned and taught out of fear.

People aren't born racist.

I am sickened by the idea that anyone would think of me in racist terms.

I have always abhorred the word 'racism.' I never use it.

I mean, I think everybody realizes that calling people racist is a waste of time; nobody buys it anymore.