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.

I think President [Barack] Obama deeply underestimated the force of white supremacy in American life.

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

The standard progressive approach of the moment is to mix color-conscious moral invective with color-blind public policy.

Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.

Is the Jewish race thriftier than the Arab race?