In particular in how [Barack Obama] has directed what you could describe as patronizing remarks to African-American communities.

Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.

What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history.

I think there's a sort of, you know, very thin way of reading this that says, well, Barack Obama is biracial thus that gives him some understanding of both white America and black America, but that's not really it.

My mom used to tell me, I can't use this phrase on the radio - but basically don't be one of those dudes hanging on the corner.

An America that looks away is ignoring not just the sins of the past but the sins of the present and the certain sins of the future.

The essence of American racism is disrespect.