Acceptance Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Jonathan Capehart

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

— Jonathan Capehart

I love taking photos of the American flag fluttering in the wind.

— 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…

— 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…

— Jonathan Capehart

The fight for women's rights is all our fight. It always has been.

— 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…

— Jonathan Capehart