There can't be reverse racism against a group that is not at a disadvantage. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Black people are experiencing a systemic disadvantage, and it goes back to slavery, which was not that long ago. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I think we are aware that post-racialism isn't real, right? I mean, I hope so. I kind of joke that we're post-post-racial. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I think unless we have an honest conversation about race and identity in this country, we're never going to get anywhere. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Racism is over in the 'Star Trek' future, but they found a way to comment on sexism and racism in the present… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
There are a plethora of ways of being black, just like there's many ways to being white. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
There is a difference between being offended and being prejudiced and even being bigoted against. There's a difference between that and racism. — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Any time a black person has the audacity to tell everybody else that they're also human beings, they are confronted with all… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
There is no monolithic black culture. It's completely different for someone born in Harlem to someone born in Houston or London with… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
It is frustrating having to walk through America having to bob and weave people's impressions of me because they see a tall… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
If you walk out of a movie that's meant to be about race in our country, and you're feeling good and happy,… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
'Color-blind' comes up - people say 'Oh, I'm color-blind and therefore can't be accused of racism,' but I think that if we… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Everyone is very aware that, not only do we have a race problem, but it's so pervasive that it affects national and… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
This film isn't about "white racism", or racism at all. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is about identity. It's about the difference between how… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Racism is systemic: It's oppression that's built into the laws, legislation, into the way neighborhoods are policed, and into job opportunities and… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I see racism as institutional: the rules are different for me because I'm black. It's not necessarily someone's specific attitude against me;… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
I don't doubt that straight white men have identity issues and identity complexes and struggle with defining themselves. — Justin Simien Copy Share
I thought I was depressed because I wasn't a writer/director. I moved into a space where I'm a writer/director, my movie is a hit… — Justin Simien Copy Share
I saw 'Beauty and the Beast' at eight years old in theatres and spent hours trying to recreate the majestic imagery of that story… — Justin Simien Copy Share
I'm very interested in clans and the way people group together, and there's a lot of group shots. There's a lot of people in… — Justin Simien Copy Share
One of the things that I love about Robert Altman's movies is that, really, a Robert Altman movie is just a bunch of short… — Justin Simien Copy Share
I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am all those… — Justin Simien Copy Share
There are a plethora of ways of being black, just like there's many ways to being white. — Justin Simien Copy Share
The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories and movies. — Justin Simien Copy Share
Everybody else was quoting 2Pac, and I was running around with Green Day in my Walkman. Racially speaking, I wasn't cool or appropriate for… — Justin Simien Copy Share
Self-doubt is a constant companion for a chubby, gay, black boy born in the South. — Justin Simien Copy Share
In the press, there's this desire for the black audience to be this monolithic thing that always responds to the same stars. That's a… — Justin Simien Copy Share
It is a fine line between making fun of the right thing and making fun of the wrong thing. And the language oftentimes is… — Justin Simien Copy Share
Hip-hop isn't dead by any means, but it's not something I define my black identity with. — Justin Simien Copy Share
I took an internship at Focus Features while I was in film school. I was really interested in how specialty movies were marketed and… — Justin Simien Copy Share
