Chris Hughton Quotes

Unfortunately, I don't know many black people.

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man.

I think every group of black guys should have at least one white guy in it.

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.

I don't believe in blanket statements on race.

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

I've never excluded myself because of color. It's never been part of the radar, when I look at anything I do. The majority of the roles that I've played have had very little to do with being black. It doesn't matter what color you are.

Colored people come in all colors.

I believe race is too heavy a burden to carry into the 21st century. It's time to lay it down. We all came here in different ships, but now we're all in the same boat.

I grew up figure skating, and in figure skating there is only a handful of black people at the time figure skating with me.

You cannot look at a person and judge him or her by the color of their skin.

You are a white. The Imperial Wizard. Now, if you don't think this is logic you can burn me on the fiery cross. This is the logic: You have the choice of spending fifteen years married to a woman, a black woman or a white woman. Fifteen years kissing and hugging and sleeping real close on hot nights. With a black, black woman or a white, white woman. The white woman is Kate Smith. And the black woman is Lena Horne. So you're not concerned with black or white anymore, are you? You are concerned with how cute or how pretty. Then let's really get basic and persecute ugly people!

Yet people in general will say they like colored men as well as any other, but in their proper place.

I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.

I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'

I remember as a boy when the conversation on civil rights was won in the South. I remember a time when one of my friends made a racist joke and another said, 'Hey man, we don't go for that anymore.'

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

I don't think because I hang out with enough black people, I'm gonna turn black. What kind of rationalization is that? I'm just friends with people that I like. I don't care what skin color you are.

I think the race situation is getting better as far as people respecting each other goes. I think the race situation with entertainment is not that much better.

Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.

To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.

We would like to get to a point in our society where people really are colorblind and this message would not have to be told anymore. Unfortunately, we're not there yet.

We see through the eyes of children that they're not talking about race the way we grown folks are. They're not talking about color or how much melanin is in someone's skin.

The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century, you had to embrace racism to get elected to anything.