Cheo Hodari Coker Quotes

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

I see racism as institutional: the rules are different for me because I'm black. It's not necessarily someone's specific attitude against me; it's just the fact that I, as a black man, have a much harder time making an art-house movie and getting it released than a white person does about their very white point of view. That's racism.

I'm African-American. There are more eyes on me than anybody. They're going to take the negative before the positive.

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

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.

If you're African American, you are forced into making different choices, in a lot of cases, than you are as a white person.

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

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

Negroes' problem is that they do not have their egos. That's why our churches end up having a white service, because our preacher is not arrogant enough to take God's word, so he have to go and get some white fellow's agenda and put it in his church.

And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.

I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food.

Like it or not, most things in this country are run by white males.

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.

Some people resented the fact I was trying to break a white man's record.

I've been fortunate in my career, but, yes, there have been many times when I have been told my audition has been cancelled because they're only going to see white people.

The industry looks for white actors and actresses, but it's not the same for black actors. We have to really put the work in.

If I had been white with the things I did, they never would have allowed me to get out of baseball.

Like, when they say to me, 'Screamin' A.' - I'm the only dude on the air who's loud? I know plenty of white dudes who are screaming and going off. They're called passionate. I'm called loud.

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.

I can identify many different experiences that I've had over the course of my life and things that I've witnessed where it seemed that black men, specifically me or someone else may have got the, you know, different treatment than somebody else would in that same situation.

I hope people listen to black people more. You'd be surprised how little people listen to black people when it comes to racial issues. It's weird.

While everyone has racial bias, I reserve the word 'racist' to describe the bias that white people have - our collective bias is backed by institutional power.

The second I bring up race in the sport, I'm immediately race-baiting. But I can point out clear facts, where no other champion has been treated like me.

I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!