Justin Simien Quotes

This whole notion of a post racial America was nonsense from the very beginning. It was a bad idea, a bad notion, a bad formulation when it was first raised.

I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't.

In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.

We're not able to hide behind myths of this being a post-racial society because Donald Trump has outlined exactly how a large portion of America feels.

America is decidedly not 'post-racial.'

As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.

Clearly, the Obama presidency hasn't wiped out racial prejudices.

I started a lecture series that was inspired by my reporting on race in America. The 'Black in America' series launched on CNN in 2007 as an opportunity to freshen the national conversation on race.

Race in America is not a problem you can go over, or around or under. You've got to go through it.

Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss.

To believe that the United States is post-racial requires an almost incomprehensible inability or unwillingness to stare truth in the face.

It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.

The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.

It really bothers me when people say we live in a postracial America.

I am not sure the issue of race in America will ever be completely solved.

If you walk out of a movie that's meant to be about race in our country, and you're feeling good and happy, then that movie didn't tell you all of the truth. It's too big of an issue, and it's too complicated for you to feel good. It's something you should feel like you need to talk about.

To never think about race means that it doesn't really shape your life, or more specifically, the race that you have is not a burden to you.

I think race in America is a huge one. That's something that needs to be confronted, certainly.

The mantra for the Obama campaign and their surrogates has focused on one thing regarding race, which is to take every opportunity to depict the Republican Party a group of rich white racists.

Despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, America's long struggle with race is far from finished.

The patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable. ... We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America.

I'm a grandmother and like every grandmother, I worry about the safety and security of my grandchildren, but my worries are not the same as black grandmothers.

Race is still real and you got to recognize it.

Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a strong affection, and are helpful to them in many ways.

I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate.