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 — the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers — to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.
Jane ElliottI've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?
Jane ElliottWhen 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 to say to a person, 'I do not see you as you are; I want to see you as I would be more comfortable seeing you.'
Jane ElliottWe 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