Pays Quote by Jason Johnson Download Open image “It pays to be the anti-Black scold on sports television.” — Jason Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Pays Scold Sports Television
There is a certain subset of African American sports announcers, anchors and analysts who are always ready to spring into action and give a… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
As blacks, all we got is sports and entertainment. That's the only way out the hood sometimes. — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
When a country doesn't respect Black lives, maybe it doesn't deserve to be entertained by Black athletes. — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm. — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. — Donald Sterling Copy Share Image
I think sports has done a disservice for a lot of black kids thinking they can only be successful through athletics and entertainment. I… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
There's a long history and a pattern of Black athletes - and Black people, period - being told to shut up and accept whatever… — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV. — Flip Wilson Copy Share Image
Supporting black professional athletes was taken seriously in my home. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
In the battle for police reform, accountability and justice, Americans don't have to re-invent the wheel. We just have to revoke the thing that… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
The harsh truth is that Trump is a living co-morbidity, he's over 70, out of shape, eats terribly and doesn't believe in science. In… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
The NFL is a league that despite new 'safety rules' is still so fundamentally violent to the Black body that even Calvin Candie would… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
I will admit upfront that I have an inherent bias about 'Fuge State.' It's the story of a Black academic on his way to… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
I quite famously don't know how to play spades, but even I know that you can't switch up the house rules from Joker Joker… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
What turned white women from the pejorative 53% to the blue wave of 2018? Brett Kavanaugh. Those hearings were so explosive, so horrific and… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
History is a group project where, like in high school, one person usually does much of the work but someone else gets to do… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
The Establishment is no longer old white men in a smoke-filled room playing kingmaker. Not in an era of social media, wild-wild west campaign… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
In addition to politics, I usually write about super heroes, science fiction and afro-futurism, so a collection of blaxploitation movies from the mid-70s didn't… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't know who Joe Biden is talking to, but I don't know one Black person in America who sees the Proud Boys tearing… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Election laws in America are so vague, so open to interpretation and so inconsistently enforced that Donald Trump, along with his allies in State… — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
You could easily rename 'Captain America: Civil War' as 'Captain America Defunds S.H.I.E.L.D' and nobody would've noticed. — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it… — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
I'm so lucky that 'The Vampire Diaries' happened. I'm so lucky that Warner Bros. pays me money. You have no idea. I should be… — Kevin Williamson Copy Share Image
Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much better and has much better health benefits and which is profitable and offers low… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“I doubt you will enjoy it. But that is the price of change. Someone always pays.” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the world pays attention when the media shines a light on those in need, which is why it's so important that we maintain… — Ertharin Cousin Copy Share Image
In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term,… — Kapil Dev Copy Share Image
It's nice to go and be a guest on a television sitcom. It pays well; it's easy because generally it's a supporting role, so… — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
