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One can fall into the 'soft bigotry of low expectations.'

— Gerald Chertavian

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✓Similar Perspectives

I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.'

— Tavis Smiley

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.

— Jasmine Guy

Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.

— Judith Light

Do not give voice to bigotry.

— Bill Bennett

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

— Ambrose Bierce

There's so much bigotry that needs to be overcome.

— Octavia Spencer

A decent man who doesn't consider himself a bigot can indeed be trained to behave like a bigot if he welcomes feedback exclusively from those who consider bigotry no big deal or, indeed, an attribute to be admired.

— Adam-Troy Castro

That is still the case in this country for too many students, the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you don't expect them to learn, if you don't expect them to succeed - then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— Tavis Smiley

Bigotry is the sacred disease.

— Heraclitus

✗Opposing Perspectives

Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of a narrow mind, of an uncultivated intelligence. Bigotry is always ignorant, and the wise boy, who will become the wise man, tries to understand and to see the truth in ideas with which he does not agree.

— Annie Besant