Administration Quote by Clarence Thomas

My experience in life tells me that the values that are now being labeled 'conservative' are the only way that blacks can get ahead.

— Shelby Steele

I am a black conservative.

— Kemi Badenoch

There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They…

— Stephen Carter

Funny enough though, despite what Donald Trump has to say and the way African-American people are portrayed so often in media, African-American people can…

— Lynn Whitfield

I am not a conservative but I have spoken out for years against the staggering amount blind hatred directed at black conservatives by liberals.…

— Juan Williams

People can tell if you don't like 'em. African Americans can tell we're not welcome in the Republican Party no matter how many times…

— Van Jones

“It is, indeed, one of the basic moral blindspots of American conservatism that its intellectual and leadership energy have never been focused in a…

— Martin Kilson

African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol…

— Herman Cain

So why would I want to call myself a conservative after the way them white racist thugs have used that word to hide behind?…

— Dick Gregory

I think one of the most threatening places to be in politics is a black conservative because there are so many liberals who want…

— Tim Scott

If you're a black conservative and you criticize the black community, you're an Uncle Tom. If you're a white conservative and you criticize the…

— Jesse Watters

A black conservative is a black who dissents from the victimization explanation of black fate.

— Shelby Steele