Racism Quotes by Jonathan Capehart

The ranks of 'crazy' White people appear to be growing - and the rest of us don't know what to do about…

— Jonathan Capehart

One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions.

— Jonathan Capehart

Trump's problems with race is an old story for New York.

— Jonathan Capehart

I think one of the reasons with problems with conversation on race is that this is such a deeply personal conversation that…

— Jonathan Capehart

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

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

Caught in a racial uproar, people make all sorts of promises to make amends. Whatever they do tends to be heavy on…

— Jonathan Capehart

At the height of segregation, with every film role and public appearance, Poitier redeemed Black folks' dignity by pushing back against the…

— Jonathan Capehart

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

There is no one way to be Black in America, but there is one way we live while Black in America. No…

— Jonathan Capehart

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

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

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

Woke supremacy' ranks up there with that tired crutch of the right known as 'cancel culture.' The purpose of both phrases is…

— Jonathan Capehart

Many of their predecessors handled issues of race the way we tiptoe across the thinnest of ice - if they didn't avoid…

— Jonathan Capehart

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

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

We must not be cowed by the terror unleashed by White men drowning in the deep end of racism, xenophobia and misogyny.

— Jonathan Capehart