Tyron Woodley Quotes

As a white fighter, you get twice as much criticism.

If I were white, I'd get less criticism.

The only difference between me and those other great Yankees is my skin color.

Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else.

We're conditioned in this country to believe that if there's a problem, the black man is usually the culprit.

There's no such thing as reverse racism.

Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,' that wasn't necessarily true in the N.F.L.

My personal opinion is that you can't be racist towards white people. You can be prejudiced about them, but being prejudiced isn't an illegal act, whereas being racist can be.

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons.

Have the colored people done anything to justify the prejudice against them that does exist in the hearts of so many white persons and, generally, of one great political party in this country? Have they done anything to justify it? No, sir.

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

Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted.

There will always be that dreadful monster prejudice to do extra battle against because of their color.

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.

If you're white, You're all right. If you're brown, Stick around. But if you're black, Get back, get back.

White people scare the crap out of me... I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a black person, never had my security deposit ripped off by a black landlord, never had a black landlord... never been pulled over by a black cop, never been sold a lemon by a black car salesman, never seen a black car salesman, never had a black person deny me a bank loan, never had a black person bury my movie, and I've never heard a black person say, "We're going to eliminate ten thousand jobs here— have a nice day

There is an inherent feeling among many in this country that an African-American should not be president.

Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others. Black America ever lives under that skeptical eye.

We’re always talking about blacks as a group and whites as individuals.

I do know that people treat me different with blonde hair than they do with red hair.

Some white people are privileged, some aren't. Some black people are, some aren't. It's strikes me as, by definition, a racist attack in that it's making a generalization - a negative one - based on skin color.

The broad brush of stereotyping is what least appeals to people of color.

We don't realize how much racism has tainted our self-image as human beings.

I think there's institutionalised racism in this country.

Each one of my movies is going to be about one of these different social demons. The first one, being 'Get Out,' is about race and neglect and marginalization.