The ranks of 'crazy' White people appear to be growing - and the rest of us don't know what to do about… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
It's not enough to, say, put up a black square on your Instagram feed and proclaim that Black Lives Matter. You can't… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Caught in a racial uproar, people make all sorts of promises to make amends. Whatever they do tends to be heavy on… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
At the height of segregation, with every film role and public appearance, Poitier redeemed Black folks' dignity by pushing back against the… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
I'm going to let you in on a little secret: Black people are not afraid of White people. We're afraid of 'crazy'… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons with problems with conversation on race is that this is such a deeply personal conversation that… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
When you're Black in the United States, you grudgingly grow accustomed to having people deny that your existence is integral to everything… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
We must not be cowed by the terror unleashed by White men drowning in the deep end of racism, xenophobia and misogyny. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Activists who aren't 'straight, white and Christian' have pushed back against bigotry for many generations, and they have secured hard-won advances. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
When you're Black in America, you spend a lot of time counting firsts. The higher the first, the more we marvel (and… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Isn't it sad that really the only times I feel seen as an American are when I'm abroad? I'm not saying racism… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Many of their predecessors handled issues of race the way we tiptoe across the thinnest of ice - if they didn't avoid… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Woke supremacy' ranks up there with that tired crutch of the right known as 'cancel culture.' The purpose of both phrases is… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
There is no one way to be Black in America, but there is one way we live while Black in America. No… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Scapegoating is as American as apple pie. And because there's almost always a racial or ethnic dynamic to it in our country,… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Any Black person who thinks there is a loophole to avoid paying the respectability tax is delusional. Recognizing that doesn't make you… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
Caught in a racial uproar, people make all sorts of promises to make amends. Whatever they do tends to be heavy on symbolism and… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
I know I'm more forgiving than most African Americans when it comes to second chances for White people who not only commit a racial… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
Look, as an institutionalist who recognizes the power of incrementalism in the slow but steady march to equality, I'm used to seeing the forest… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
Our Declaration of Independence declares that democracies derive their power from the 'consent of the governed.' But this democracy will fail if only some… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to be nominated for and to win an Oscar. It was a step forward, even… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
Woke supremacy' ranks up there with that tired crutch of the right known as 'cancel culture.' The purpose of both phrases is to shield… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
We'll never understand this country as long as book banning, tip lines and legislation to bubble-wrap the tender White souls among us continue to… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
Scapegoating is as American as apple pie. And because there's almost always a racial or ethnic dynamic to it in our country, scapegoating is… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
The harsh truth is that 'respectability' is the exorbitant tax we African Americans are forced to pay daily as we try to live out… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
One of the best strategies to learn something new during an interview is to ask the subject if there was a question they wished… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
If you've been to a pride parade, you know it's a celebration of acceptance and inclusion. — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
In our system of equal branches of government, whatever plan the advocates are demanding from Biden will have to stand on its own in… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share
