Race Manners for the 21st Century Quotes

“Allowing the momentary hijacking of our sense of self by random acts of fear or hate—call it guerrilla racism—is bad for us. Literally. The high rates of hypertension, stroke, and heart disease among African-American males bear brutal witness to the problem. Do not volunteer yourself as a casualty. Let those with the illness, those who caricature and misrepresent you, be the ones consumed.”
― Bruce A. Jacobs, Race Manners: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americans

“If there is a trait embedded even more deeply in the mainstream American character than the pursuit of money, it is fear of the Other.”
― Bruce A. Jacobs, Race Manners: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americans