Benjamin Watson Quotes

We would like to get to a point in our society where people really are colorblind and this message would not have to be told anymore. Unfortunately, we're not there yet.

I don't believe in blanket statements on race.

And my point was one I think that you'd agree with, which is there's no room in America for a black racist, a Latino racist, or a white racist, or an Asian racist, or a Native American racist. Now, we're either color blind or we're not color blind.

If white America is ready to extend complete democratic rights to colored people, there will be no race, no racial tension and no racial prejudice on either side, but we can be sure that any movement 'back to normalcy' in race relations will be bitterly resisted by colored people. It is now up to white America to make its choice...

The racial inferiority doctrine is beginning to come into disrepute with people of higher education and is no longer supported by the press or by leading public figures

I'll stop talking about race when people stop being racist.

If you truly believe in the brotherhood of man, then you must believe that blacks are just as capable of being racists as whites are.

The Negro who experiences bitter and agonizing circumstances as a result of some ungodly white person is tempted to look upon all white persons as evil, if he fails to look beyond his circumstances. But the minute he looks beyond his circumstances and sees the whole of the situation, he discovers that some of the most implacable and vehement advocates of racial equality are consecrated white persons.

You can hate a man for many reasons. Color is not one of them.

I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.

The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.

We know that we're not supposed to be racially biased, and we don't want to think of ourselves as racially biased, so we tell ourselves a different story.

So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.

Of course, it's fun to play with Blacks.

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

Our leader will not be a white man with a Black heart, nor a Black man with a white heart, but a Black man with a Black heart.

People don't want to be thought of as racists ... all polls tend to over-report tolerance.

Race has no place in American life or law.

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race.... And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently..

I will lay off the pro-Negro crap.

I can tell you that anyone who knows me knows that there is not a racial bone in my body.