Jackson Katz Quotes

You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.

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.

Your not black enough. If you are black, all you have to do is wear a dashiki and pump your fist, and you’ll get all the money you want.

There's a lot of other rappers that aren't what they claim to be, and they get a pass because they're black.

I had a casting director tell me to be blacker.

It's important to understand you can't remove the historical context of racially charged stereotypes or slurs as much as we like to pretend that we can.

I've done a handful of voiceover and on-camera jobs where I've been asked to 'be blacker.' That's code for sassier, more ghetto, more neck rolls and snaps.

No one actually cares about blackface.

Not that long ago - in my parents' lives, in fact - actors in minstrel shows wore blackface to mimic and mock African Americans. These performances were based in contempt and gave people an opportunity to act out their prejudices.

The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.

The core of the culture is racism and how black men are viewed. They've always been demonized and seen as threats in our culture. Another holdover from slavery. We've got to deal with that core root of racism and demonization of the upbringing of black men. Black women are not exempt by any means.

Looks like somebody's got jungle fever.' 'That's not even the right kind of racist.

In Australia, there just weren't strong roles for actors of colour. I was often being asked to turn up for commercials with a ghetto blaster on my shoulder. I thought, 'Are we in the '60s?'

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable.

I think that show will go down in history... people will scratch their heads and say 'How did this ever get on the air?' I mean, they finally have a planet that's populated with a black race and then they present them as savage warriors, and the men want the white girl!

In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.

I am very concerned about Barbara Streisand using the 'H' word - 'honkey.' That's what I am concerned about. I am worried about Barbara.

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.

Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.

I realized there was racism because people thought, 'Oh, if you like roll 'n' roll, that makes you like a white kid.'

I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere.

Hollywood hasn't changed. It is the most racist, anti-Indian institution in the world.

America is so accustomed to some depiction of native people that is entirely racist, and there's a perception that that is okay.

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