Race Quote by Jordan Peele Download Open image “It's very uncomfortable to talk about race. It often devolves before it begins.” — Jordan Peele ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Race Racism Uncomfortable
Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day,… — Anna Deavere Smith Copy Share Image
These sorts of conversations should be second nature, it shouldn't be hard to talk about race. — Leigh-Anne Pinnock Copy Share Image
The conversation about race is inevitable. It's one that people know that we have to have and continue to have. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I've always been quite scared about talking about race. You don't wanna rock the boat because you want to keep working. — Wunmi Mosaku Copy Share Image
People feel really uncomfortable talking about race and identity, largely because the subject is so taboo. — Franchesca Ramsey Copy Share Image
It so happens that I never talk about race. I do not know what race is. — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
I did a paper on why is race so uncomfortable to discuss. Is it because you don't want to bring up bad history in… — O. J. Mayo Copy Share Image
Now, race is one of those topics in America that makes people extraordinarily uncomfortable. You bring it up at a dinner party or in… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
Too many people are afraid to talk about the issue of race. We should be willing to address it, and more importantly, when it… — Ron Stallworth Copy Share Image
As long as you say I'm the guy who's real about it, I have no problem being the person who people look to to… — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
I love dipping into worlds at a fast and furious pace. A little glimpse allows the audience to put together the rest of that… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I think, before Obama, there was a glass ceiling. That's a big change. As a president, I think he was the best. I felt… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
You can track elections by who was playing that president on 'SNL' at that time. There's the theory that the more likable or charismatic… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
We go to the theater to be entertained, but if what is left after you watch the movie is a sort of eye-opening perspective… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino, who takes time to figure out what his next movie is. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I'm a true believer in story. I think when you just tell people to think, people tend to get resistant and defensive and feel… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
The world has wanted me to speak differently than I speak. You know, I speak like my mom; I speak like, you know, like… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
The power of story and the power of a well-crafted film or television show is really all you need to speak to people. I… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I find campfire stories and urban legends are kind of the bread and butter that inspires a lot of people who are making horror… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
I think the next 50 years are going to present the human race with challenges that so far exceed the limitations of geopolitical boundaries… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to… — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs. — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you… — Danica Patrick Copy Share Image
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. — William Blake Copy Share Image
If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent that race… — Dwayne McDuffie Copy Share Image
If life were like a competitive race, some people would be given a flying start and others would line up with weights tied to… — Mardy Grothe Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Never belong to a crowd; Never belong to a nation; Never belong to a religion; Never belong to a race. Belong to the whole… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
