Jae Crowder Quotes

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.

I am astonished at the strong feeling of dislike and contempt—I might almost say hatred—which the bulk of the whites have for their black neighbours.

What right do white racist, who believe their race is superior, have for complaining about black racists, who see something special in their own race? What right do black racists, who see a special character in their race, have for complaining about white racists?

I will lay off the pro-Negro crap.

Now, race is one of those topics in America that makes people extraordinarily uncomfortable. You bring it up at a dinner party or in a workplace environment, it is literally the conversational equivalent of touching the third rail.

Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand.

To define each of us by our race is nothing short of a denial of our humanity.

What would it take for you to acknowledge that race is an issue? Maybe you don't want to acknowledge that race is an issue.

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

I never though much about race.

Some white people hate black people, and some white people love black people, some black people hate white people, and some black people love white people. So you see it's not an issue of black and white, it's an issue of Lovers and Haters.

The norm is white, apparently, in the view of people who see things in that way. For them, the only reason you would introduce a black character is to introduce this kind of abnormality. Usually, it's because you're telling a story about racism or at least about race.

We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.

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

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

Race always comes up in the conversation of Detroit.

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

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

I have always abhorred the word 'racism.' I never use it.

Blacks essentially play the race card, when necessary as a counter to white privilege.

I don't think that the country is ever ready to have the conversation about race.

Race prejudice is not only a shadow over the colored—it is a shadow over all of us.

Race is everything.

Everybody is mouthing the platitudes in the law and everywhere else, where it serves a purpose that we're a color-blind society. But we're not. We're as color conscious as we've ever been.

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