Kathryn Stockett Quotes

I don't think that the country is ever ready to have the conversation about race.

The diversity industry needs friction to survive, so it perpetually reworks the definition of racism.

I think we are aware that post-racialism isn't real, right? I mean, I hope so. I kind of joke that we're post-post-racial.

As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.

People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.

People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we've not engaged in.

In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.

If you want to know if racism is a problem in your country, you might not want to ask white people.

It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism.

If you’re talking about American history, you’re talking about race.

To talk about race in America is to explore the wilderness inside ourselves and to come to terms with a history that we’d rather conceal.

I write about race in America in hopes of undermining the notion of race in America.

We never discuss race until something bad happens.

It really bothers me when people say we live in a postracial America.

What I remember about race relations in the 1990s is that you showed your awareness by saying you didn't see race, that you were colour-blind.

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

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

Why must we always talk about race anyway? Can't we just be human beings? And Professor Hunk replied - that is exactly what white privilege is, that you can say that. Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice.

The only reason race matters is because of racism.

The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda.

Only white men have the luxury of ignoring race.

I think sports is one of the places where race plays itself out publicly. Although we pretend it doesn't.

Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day, our vocabulary seems more and more inadequate.

'Crash' is a movie about the racial tension that still exists in America. A lot of us pretend that we don't have preconceived notions and stereotypical ideals about each other, but we do. And we wanted to create a movie about people whose lives crash into each others' accidentally.

I found there's a fairly blatant racism in America that's already there, and I don't think I noticed it when I lived here as a kid. But when I went back to South Africa, and then it's sort of thrust in your face, and then came back here - I just see it everywhere.