In the United States, we’ve put our elections on Tuesday. That’s dumb. In modern life, it makes absolutely no sense. Shaun King Read Quote
Trump’s America means many things, but this much is clear – it means toxic white masculinity is not just permitted, it’s fully empowered – and getting worse. Shaun King Read Quote
When Trump was elected, it gave white men – particularly white men in power – full, unfettered permission to say or do whatever they want without consequence. Shaun King Read Quote
Bill Clinton is just as gross as Donald Trump – so much so that the Clinton campaign can’t really back Trump into a corner on his integrity or mistreatment of women because Bill’s personal history is so damn awful. Shaun King Read Quote
While I fundamentally reject the notion that anyone who owned other human beings was either good, moral, or decent, Francis Scott Key left absolutely no doubt that he was a stone-cold bigot. He came from generations of plantation-owning bigots. They got wealthy off of it. Shaun King Read Quote
When I travel and speak across the country, I often tell college students that we are making a significant mistake when we say to each other that this criminal justice of ours is broken. To say it’s broken would be to suggest that it was well designed and had good intentions from the start. Shaun King Read Quote
We live in a country where movies, music, and sports are more important than God to a lot of people. It’s why Colin Kaepernick’s protest rocked the nation and got the whole world talking. Taking a knee is a simple act of defiance. Had Colin done it anywhere other than the football field, it might not have even made the news. Shaun King Read Quote
I love New York. It’s my favorite city in the world. I live and work here by choice. Shaun King Read Quote
Every day I walk down the street or hop on the subway, I am reminded that I am a citizen of a very big, incredibly diverse world. Shaun King Read Quote
