Geoffrey Canada Quotes

White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made.

African Americans have always known that a little bit of paranoia was healthy for us.

While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president, let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice.

I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here.

If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption.

There is a racist virus in the American blood stream...

We, as black people, we have a lot of crooks.

The scars and stains of racism are still deeply embedded in the American society.

There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.

Our communities are being destroyed by racial tension - and we're too polite to talk about it.

There is some group of Americans who are really, really curious to understand how we ended up at this point, where every week it seems like you can turn on your TV and see some sort of abuse being heaped on black people.

Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we, as black people, we're never going to be successful - not because of you white people but because of other black people. When you're black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people.

Race is something that's always haunted American policing.

I had to go to England to really learn about American racism in a way that corroborated my reality. That was critical.

We've come a long way from the days of Jim Crow, and yes, we elected a black president, but racism lives.

I became aware of how the world is and how the white establishment plays black people against each other.

I think race in America is a huge one. That's something that needs to be confronted, certainly.

The issue with race particularly within this country is largely because of lack of dialogue.

We need to have a more thoughtful, two-sided conversation about racial issues in this country.

Black Lives Matter is not just concerned with what happens in policing. The disregard, the disrespect, and the lack of dignity for black life transcends through the fabric of our society.

The history of racial violence in our country is both omnipresent and unspoken. It is a smog that surrounds us that few will admit is there.

If I just point out the fact that black people hurt each other, too, then we can ignore the fact that other people harm black people. I think it's an irresponsible argument.

Democrats don't understand what is wrong in the black community or how to fix it. If they do, they don't care.

The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood.

I think the O.J. Simpson case conjured all the paranoia, the racial anxiety, but also the racial fatigue that America has endured over the last half century.