America Quote by Charlie Sykes

I suspect unconscious bias has been far more of a factor for President Obama than overt racism and will also be a challenge for…

— Nicholas Kristof

“White Americans find it as difficult as white people elsewhere do to divest themselves of the notion that they are in possession of some…

— James Baldwin

White liberals are the most racist people I've ever met in my entire life. They define everything by race. They want people to be…

— Madison Cawthorn

If faux liberal white guys want to support and defend Obama, by all means please do so. But I would suggest they try to…

— John Ridley

Why is it always liberals who seem so genuinely, overtly surprised when black candidates are viable candidates, and in their surprise, evoke old, damaging…

— Mary Katharine Ham

When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not embrace racism…

— Bell Hooks

Liberal white people do not want blacks thinking for themselves.

— Vernon Jones

“But what I remember most is the sense of impossibility with which Obama regarded the Trump presidency. I confess to basically feeling the same.…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

President Barack Obama read to a certain portion of white America as an unending attack on white Christian identity, centrality and cultural relevance. In…

— Joy Reid

The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they…

— Cornel West

Aspiring black leaders are often asked to transcend race, even though no one ever asked, say, Hillary Clinton to transcend gender. This is a…

— Gwen Ifill

“In a democracy, so the saying goes, the people get the government they deserve. Part of Obama’s genius is a remarkable ability to soothe…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates