Black Quote by Shelby Steele

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

I am a black conservative.

— Kemi Badenoch

The black conservative is responsible for making people question an idea that racism must be extinct before black people can overcome. Understanding that our…

— John H. McWhorter

“Conservatives [in post-Civil War America] blamed liberals for pushing blacks ahead of their proper station in life and placing blacks in positions they were…

— Michelle Alexander

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

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

“My aim is not to provide excuses for black behavior or to absolve blacks of personal responsibility. But when the new black conservatives accent…

— Cornel West

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

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

“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

Whenever any black man in america shows signs of an uncompromising attitude, against the injustices that he experiences daily, and shows no tendency whatsoever…

— Malcolm X

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