1164: Paul Mooney
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/05/07
1990s
“You made it up! You shouldn’t have made it up! … I say it, you think it.”
“I’m passionate about what I do. I’d be naïve to be passive.”
2000s
“There’s no such thing as reverse racism.”
“Arsenio Hall will have a new show called ‘Good Morning, Black America.’ It will be played at noon throughout the country.”
“American was too busy worrying about the land n‑‑‑‑s; they forgot about the sand n‑‑‑‑s.”
“White people love Wayne Brady because he makes Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X.”
“Everybody wants to be Black until it’s time to be Black.”
“We have to stop that word. It’s not cute, it’s not funny. Say no to the N‑word.”
2010s
“White folks got their freedom. I’m going to be free, white and 21, too.”
“It’s forbidden to them, but allowed to us. Ain’t too many things like that. It’s liberating.”
“Listen, we’ve had one little ol’ Black president — white folks are upset, but they’ve had 43.”
“Truth is forever; when you read our history, truth is forever, and it always outs itself.”
“Racism is a form of insanity. Human beings became racist when they started talking.”
“We have a lot of Black Anglo‑Saxons … When I get real mad at them, I call them graham crackers.”
“White people are very good at acting like they’re not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.”
“Well, white folks, you shouldn’t have ever made up the word.”
“Film is a power for the white male.”
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