--- title: "18 Racism Quotes By Jonathan Capehart" description: "18 Racism quotes by Jonathan Capehart. Plus more from Jonathan Capehart and more Racism sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/jonathan-capehart-4932_black_one-of-the-burdens-of-being-a-black-male_168383.jpg" --- > [One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/one-of-the-burdens-of-being-a-black-male-is-carrying-the-heavy-weight/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/jonathan-capehart-4932_black_one-of-the-burdens-of-being-a-black-male_168383.jpg) > [Trump's problems with race is an old story for New York.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/trump-s-problems-with-race-is-an-old-story-for-new-york/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/jonathan-capehart-4932_new_trump-s-problems-with-race-is-an-old-sto_2436760.jpg) > [The ranks of 'crazy' White people appear to be growing - and the rest of us don't know what to do about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/the-ranks-of-crazy-white-people-appear-to-be-growing-and-the-rest-of/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/jonathan-capehart-4932_crazy_the-ranks-of-crazy-white-people-appear-t_1928909.jpg) > [Any Black person who thinks there is a loophole to avoid paying the respectability tax is delusional. Recognizing that doesn't make you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/any-black-person-who-thinks-there-is-a-loophole-to-avoid-paying-the/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/jonathan-capehart-4932_avoid_any-black-person-who-thinks-there-is-a-l_2551288.jpg) > [Scapegoating is as American as apple pie. And because there's almost always a racial or ethnic dynamic to it in our country,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/scapegoating-is-as-american-as-apple-pie-and-because-there-s-almost/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/jonathan-capehart-4932_always_scapegoating-is-as-american-as-apple-pie_286675.jpg) > [There is no one way to be Black in America, but there is one way we live while Black in America. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/there-is-no-one-way-to-be-black-in-america-but-there-is-one-way-we/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/jonathan-capehart-4932_age_there-is-no-one-way-to-be-black-in-ameri_455530.jpg) > [We must not be cowed by the terror unleashed by White men drowning in the deep end of racism, xenophobia and misogyny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/we-must-not-be-cowed-by-the-terror-unleashed-by-white-men-drowning-in/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/jonathan-capehart-4932_deep_we-must-not-be-cowed-by-the-terror-unlea_693533.jpg) > [Activists who aren't 'straight, white and Christian' have pushed back against bigotry for many generations, and they have secured hard-won advances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/activists-who-aren-t-straight-white-and-christian-have-pushed-back/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/jonathan-capehart-4932_activists_activists-who-aren-t-straight-white-and_2812353.jpg) > [When you're Black in the United States, you grudgingly grow accustomed to having people deny that your existence is integral to everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/when-you-re-black-in-the-united-states-you-grudgingly-grow-accustomed/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c0/jonathan-capehart-4932_black_when-you-re-black-in-the-united-states-y_2505107.jpg) > [I'm going to let you in on a little secret: Black people are not afraid of White people. We're afraid of 'crazy'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/i-m-going-to-let-you-in-on-a-little-secret-black-people-are-not/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dd/jonathan-capehart-4932_black_i-m-going-to-let-you-in-on-a-little-secr_1831009.jpg) > [I think one of the reasons with problems with conversation on race is that this is such a deeply personal conversation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/i-think-one-of-the-reasons-with-problems-with-conversation-on-race-is/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/jonathan-capehart-4932_communication_i-think-one-of-the-reasons-with-problems_2577441.jpg) > [Woke supremacy' ranks up there with that tired crutch of the right known as 'cancel culture.' The purpose of both phrases is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/woke-supremacy-ranks-up-there-with-that-tired-crutch-of-the-right/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/jonathan-capehart-4932_cancel_woke-supremacy-ranks-up-there-with-that_110079.jpg) > [Many of their predecessors handled issues of race the way we tiptoe across the thinnest of ice - if they didn't avoid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/many-of-their-predecessors-handled-issues-of-race-the-way-we-tiptoe/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/jonathan-capehart-4932_avoid_many-of-their-predecessors-handled-issue_2506874.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/isn-t-it-sad-that-really-the-only-times-i-feel-seen-as-an-american/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/jonathan-capehart-4932_american_isn-t-it-sad-that-really-the-only-times_1415444.jpg) > [When you're Black in America, you spend a lot of time counting firsts. The higher the first, the more we marvel (and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/when-you-re-black-in-america-you-spend-a-lot-of-time-counting-firsts/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/jonathan-capehart-4932_america_when-you-re-black-in-america-you-spend-a_1764373.jpg) > [At the height of segregation, with every film role and public appearance, Poitier redeemed Black folks' dignity by pushing back against the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/at-the-height-of-segregation-with-every-film-role-and-public/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/jonathan-capehart-4932_dignity_at-the-height-of-segregation-with-every_462584.jpg) > [Caught in a racial uproar, people make all sorts of promises to make amends. Whatever they do tends to be heavy on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/caught-in-a-racial-uproar-people-make-all-sorts-of-promises-to-make/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e1/jonathan-capehart-4932_change_caught-in-a-racial-uproar-people-make-al_1577.jpg) > [It's not enough to, say, put up a black square on your Instagram feed and proclaim that Black Lives Matter. You can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/it-s-not-enough-to-say-put-up-a-black-square-on-your-instagram-feed/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/jonathan-capehart-4932_black_it-s-not-enough-to-say-put-up-a-black-sq_1638771.jpg) ## Other authors on Racism - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 178 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/malcolm-x/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 88 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-alexander-67636.jpg) Michelle Alexander 77 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/michelle-alexander/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tanehisi-coates-88839.jpg) Ta-Nehisi Coates 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/ta-nehisi-coates/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michael-eric-dyson-67074.jpg) Michael Eric Dyson 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/michael-eric-dyson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ibram-x-kendi-3080.jpg) Ibram X. Kendi 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/ibram-x-kendi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bell-hooks-16868.jpg) Bell Hooks 56 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/bell-hooks/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 54 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cornel-west-25169.jpg) Cornel West 51 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/cornel-west/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-roker-10183.jpg) Robin DiAngelo 50 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/robin-diangelo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shelby-steele-84811.jpg) Shelby Steele 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/shelby-steele/) ## More by Jonathan Capehart > [Caught in a racial uproar, people make all sorts of promises to make amends. Whatever they do tends to be heavy on symbolism and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/caught-in-a-racial-uproar-people-make-all-sorts-of-promises-to-make/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/i-know-i-m-more-forgiving-than-most-african-americans-when-it-comes/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/look-as-an-institutionalist-who-recognizes-the-power-of/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [Our Declaration of Independence declares that democracies derive their power from the 'consent of the governed.' But this democracy will fail if only some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/our-declaration-of-independence-declares-that-democracies-derive/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to be nominated for and to win an Oscar. It was a step forward, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/in-1940-hattie-mcdaniel-became-the-first-african-american-to-be/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [Woke supremacy' ranks up there with that tired crutch of the right known as 'cancel culture.' The purpose of both phrases is to shield…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/woke-supremacy-ranks-up-there-with-that-tired-crutch-of-the-right/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/one-of-the-burdens-of-being-a-black-male-is-carrying-the-heavy-weight/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [I love taking photos of the American flag fluttering in the wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/i-love-taking-photos-of-the-american-flag-fluttering-in-the-wind/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/we-ll-never-understand-this-country-as-long-as-book-banning-tip-lines/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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, scapegoating is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/scapegoating-is-as-american-as-apple-pie-and-because-there-s-almost/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [The fight for women's rights is all our fight. It always has been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/the-fight-for-women-s-rights-is-all-our-fight-it-always-has-been/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [The harsh truth is that 'respectability' is the exorbitant tax we African Americans are forced to pay daily as we try to live out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/the-harsh-truth-is-that-respectability-is-the-exorbitant-tax-we/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [One of the best strategies to learn something new during an interview is to ask the subject if there was a question they wished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/one-of-the-best-strategies-to-learn-something-new-during-an-interview/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [If you've been to a pride parade, you know it's a celebration of acceptance and inclusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/if-you-ve-been-to-a-pride-parade-you-know-it-s-a-celebration-of/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) > [In our system of equal branches of government, whatever plan the advocates are demanding from Biden will have to stand on its own in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/in-our-system-of-equal-branches-of-government-whatever-plan-the/) [Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/jonathan-capehart/#itemlist", "name": "18 Racism Quotes By Jonathan Capehart", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Capehart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/one-of-the-burdens-of-being-a-black-male-is-carrying-the-heavy-weight/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/jonathan-capehart-4932_black_one-of-the-burdens-of-being-a-black-male_168383.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/jonathan-capehart-4932_black_one-of-the-burdens-of-being-a-black-male_168383.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/jonathan-capehart-4932_black_one-of-the-burdens-of-being-a-black-male_168383.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the burdens of being a black male is carrying the heavy weight of other people’s suspicions.” — Jonathan Capehart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Trump's problems with race is an old story for New York.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonathan Capehart" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/trump-s-problems-with-race-is-an-old-story-for-new-york/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/jonathan-capehart-4932_new_trump-s-problems-with-race-is-an-old-sto_2436760.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/jonathan-capehart-4932_new_trump-s-problems-with-race-is-an-old-sto_2436760.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78b/jonathan-capehart-4932_new_trump-s-problems-with-race-is-an-old-sto_2436760.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Trump's problems with race is an old story for New York.” — Jonathan Capehart", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The ranks of 'crazy' White people appear to be growing - 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