Kanye West Quotes

Since anti-racist individuals did not control mass media, the media became the primary tool that would be used and is still used to convince black viewers, and everyone else, of black inferiority.

It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people.

On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't.

The media really only pays attention to white people. I think America is really racist.

The coverage [of crimes] is different. It's less angry when white [athletes] are involved, less accusatory, less judgemental. I see that in the pieces that are written and reported. At times it bothers me to the point that I just stop reading...just stop.

But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.

I felt pretty good growing up. I didn't feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to be a movie or a television show with Asian characters, I would go out of my way to avoid them, because they portrayed all Asians as either ridiculously good or ridiculously bad; you know, the whole Charlie Chan-Fu Manchu thing.

There's so many, 'no, black people aren't like that' barriers in mainstream media.

There are people out there like Fox News who, every time a Black person complains in public of how we are treated in our society, is accused of “playing the race card.”

When I started, black people were either victims or they were the perpetrators; they were the boogie men who jumped out of the bushes and did terrible things to you.

The media's image of us is as animals, and we were never that to me. I knew love from black folks.

If Adam Sandler does a bad movie, he doesn't bring down the whole white race. But if Tyler Perry does, it's like, 'See what you guys do?' and that type of thing.

It doesn't even feel like racism is real. It just feels like the weirdest ploy, like we're just being had on so many levels. It's even kind of funny when you think about it. A reason not to like someone is 'because you're black.' C'mon, man. How dumb is that?

Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.

White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet.

There remains a degree of anti-black intellectualism in entertainment. Middle and upper-middle class blacks have often been portrayed as buffoons in popular culture; witness the characters of Carlton Banks on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' and Braxton P. Hartnabrig on 'The Jamie Foxx Show.'

The truth is black celebrities are not as sought after in the press as white celebrities, and that is comforting.

But when I see a story on welfare on television, they only show black people.

The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.

Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil.

I think lot of Muslims have gotten fatigued by the way Muslim characters, even 'positive' ones, are portrayed in the media.

If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

The white man believes in equality, but apparently believes the white man is more equal than the Indian.