Stephen Carter Quotes

"There are no black conservatives. Oh, there are neoconservatives with black skin, but they lack any claim to blackness other than the biological. They have forgotten their roots."
- Stephen Carter
(Related: Skin)

"To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing."
- Stephen Carter
(Related: America)

"When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution."
- Stephen Carter
(Related: Execution, Self)

"Teaching civility is an obligation of the family."
- Stephen Carter
(Related: Family, Obligation, Teaching)