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title: "36 Post Racial Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 36 Post Racial quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Post Racial sayings and thoughts."
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> [America is decidedly not 'post-racial.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uzodinma-iweala/america-is-decidedly-not-post-racial/)

[Uzodinma Iweala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uzodinma-iweala/)

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> [I'm the face of post racial America, deal with it Cate Blanchett.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-morgan/i-m-the-face-of-post-racial-america-deal-with-it-cate-blanchett/)

[Tracy Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-morgan/)

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> [Welcome to post-racial America. I'm the face of post-racial America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-morgan/welcome-to-post-racial-america-i-m-the-face-of-post-racial-america/)

[Tracy Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-morgan/)

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> [I think "post-racial" is a dangerous trap. You can fall into complacency and give your complicity a much more dangerous character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-boesak/i-think-post-racial-is-a-dangerous-trap-you-can-fall-into-complacency/)

[Allan Boesak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-boesak/)

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> [It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/it-s-hard-to-say-when-or-if-we-will-actually-arrive-at-that-place/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

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> [I dream of a post-racial society that is not categorized by the color of their skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-velez-mitchell/i-dream-of-a-post-racial-society-that-is-not-categorized-by-the-color/)

[Jane Velez-Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-velez-mitchell/)

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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/i-think-we-are-aware-that-post-racialism-isn-t-real-right-i-mean-i/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

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> [What worries me is that 'post-racial' America is not that different from the Americas that have preceded us, and it might not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/what-worries-me-is-that-post-racial-america-is-not-that-different/)

[Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/)

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> [To believe that the United States is post-racial requires an almost incomprehensible inability or unwillingness to stare truth in the face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/to-believe-that-the-united-states-is-post-racial-requires-an-almost/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

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> [In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-jamal-warner/in-spite-of-what-some-people-claim-we-are-not-in-a-post-racial-era-i/)

[Malcolm-Jamal Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-jamal-warner/)

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> [Today in America we are no more 'post-racial' than we are 'post-partisan.' We have a long way to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-granholm/today-in-america-we-are-no-more-post-racial-than-we-are-post-partisan/)

[Jennifer Granholm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-granholm/)

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> [Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-wise/being-asked-to-describe-what-post-racial-means-is-a-bit-like-being/)

[Tim Wise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-wise/)

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> [We should not be post-racial: seeking to get beyond the uplifting meanings and edifying registers of blackness. Rather, we should be post-racist:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eric-dyson/we-should-not-be-post-racial-seeking-to-get-beyond-the-uplifting/)

[Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eric-dyson/)

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> [The promise of Obama's presidency, in many people's minds, is partly that America will move toward becoming a post-racial society. It's pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-noah/the-promise-of-obama-s-presidency-in-many-people-s-minds-is-partly/)

[Timothy Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-noah/)

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> [This is how the great post-partisan, post-racial, New Politics presidency ends - not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/this-is-how-the-great-post-partisan-post-racial-new-politics/)

[Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/)

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> [The first thing that Black Lives Matter had to do was remind people that racism existed in this country because when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrisse-cullors/the-first-thing-that-black-lives-matter-had-to-do-was-remind-people/)

[Patrisse Cullors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrisse-cullors/)

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> [Part of the desire to live in a post-racial world includes the desire not to have to talk about racism, which includes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-peele/part-of-the-desire-to-live-in-a-post-racial-world-includes-the-desire/)

[Jordan Peele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-peele/)

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> [The enormous success of 2009's 'The Blind Side,' in which Sandra Bullock makes a black teenager one of the family, demonstrates that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wesley-morris/the-enormous-success-of-2009-s-the-blind-side-in-which-sandra-bullock/)

[Wesley Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wesley-morris/)

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> [I think you're only post-racial when you stop asking if you're post-racial. When the Neanderthals finally stopped asking themselves if they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/i-think-you-re-only-post-racial-when-you-stop-asking-if-you-re-post/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

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> [Racial problems can't be easily reconciled with a pat account about racism and discrimination that lets us sort of relax into saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-loury/racial-problems-can-t-be-easily-reconciled-with-a-pat-account-about/)

[Glenn Loury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-loury/)

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> [I am concerned that there are some feelings in some quarters in some corners that, what do people of color want now?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lewis/i-am-concerned-that-there-are-some-feelings-in-some-quarters-in-some/)

[John Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lewis/)

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> [The only people who live in a post-black world are four people who live in a little white house on Pennsylvania Avenue.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/the-only-people-who-live-in-a-post-black-world-are-four-people-who/)

[Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/)

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> [I think there's a lot of shame in American race relations. There's a lot of suppressed guilt that lashes itself out still.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-strong/i-think-there-s-a-lot-of-shame-in-american-race-relations-there-s-a/)

[Danny Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-strong/)

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> [In the future, we've forgotten it. It's disappointing to find out that the past is the present is the future. Nobody wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claudia-rankine/in-the-future-we-ve-forgotten-it-it-s-disappointing-to-find-out-that/)

[Claudia Rankine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claudia-rankine/)

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> [We are not post-racial. And in many ways we don't even know how to have a conversation about being post-racial. Until we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-brazile/we-are-not-post-racial-and-in-many-ways-we-don-t-even-know-how-to/)

[Donna Brazile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-brazile/)

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> [I am aware of the changes, but in no sense am I believer that we live in a post-racial society. That's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-banks/i-am-aware-of-the-changes-but-in-no-sense-am-i-believer-that-we-live/)

[Russell Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-banks/)

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> [“Time and again politicians have betrayed the very racial and ethnic groups they belong to and claim to represent, while also being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tipu-s-tiger/time-and-again-politicians-have-betrayed-the-very-racial-and-ethnic/)

[Tipu's Tiger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tipu-s-tiger/)

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> [The problem with most liberals - myself included - is we tend to think we're post-racial: that we've got a handle on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-priest/the-problem-with-most-liberals-myself-included-is-we-tend-to-think-we/)

[Christopher Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-priest/)

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> [We're not able to hide behind myths of this being a post-racial society because Donald Trump has outlined exactly how a large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vic-mensa/we-re-not-able-to-hide-behind-myths-of-this-being-a-post-racial/)

[Vic Mensa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vic-mensa/)

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> [The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-thompson/the-truth-is-no-we-don-t-live-in-a-post-racial-state-anywhere-in/)

[Tessa Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-thompson/)

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> [When Obama came to power, there was a lot of talk about a post-racial America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-koenig/when-obama-came-to-power-there-was-a-lot-of-talk-about-a-post-racial/)

[Ezra Koenig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-koenig/)

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> [This whole notion of a post racial America was nonsense from the very beginning. It was a bad idea, a bad notion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tavis-smiley/this-whole-notion-of-a-post-racial-america-was-nonsense-from-the-very/)

[Tavis Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tavis-smiley/)

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> [“The next bus pole was halfway up the block. Three black women, two white women, and a Hispanic man were standing by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-next-bus-pole-was-halfway-up-the-block-three-black-women-two/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [In order to really move toward what people really think of as some sort of Utopian post-racial society or somehow to really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-dolezal/in-order-to-really-move-toward-what-people-really-think-of-as-some/)

[Rachel Dolezal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-dolezal/)

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> [As much as I'd love to believe that we are 'post-racial' - an idea that really gained traction after the election of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/as-much-as-i-d-love-to-believe-that-we-are-post-racial-an-idea-that/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

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> [In this post-post-racial, post-Obama era of resurgent populism and Balkanized identity politics, it really does feel as though it matters - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-chatterton-williams/in-this-post-post-racial-post-obama-era-of-resurgent-populism-and/)

[Thomas Chatterton Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-chatterton-williams/)

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