“Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice.” ThinkingBlackVoiceCommunityRepublicanBlack CommunityNaacp Author:J. C. Watts
“You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action.” GivingChildrenActionBlackPoorJunkAffirmative ActionAffirmativeGood Education Author:J. C. Watts
“You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.” PeopleBlackWhiteRepublicanDemocratLabelsStereotypeHang Ups Author:J. C. Watts
“For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.” WantShowsPoliticalGamesProcessBlackCommunityPartyInvolvedRepublicanRefuseAlternativesEstablishmentElitesBlack Community Author:J. C. Watts
“I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.” IfsThinkingNeedsShouldBelieveDoneKidsActionBlackCommunityWhitePoorColorSkinsGenderScholarshipAffirmative ActionAffirmativeSkin Color Author:J. C. Watts
“In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.” ChildrenBlackBornCommunityImaginationPoorSixSomedayNeighborhoodFifthBuddyCongressmanOklahomaHelenRural Communities Author:J. C. Watts
“Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.” KnowsMayBlackForgetNumbersCriticsForgottenFlightClockBudgetsAlarmsAlarm ClocksWhere We Came Author:J. C. Watts
“The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.” BelieveMadeI CanBlackDecisionSeriousLatePercentVoteCandidatesPonderingGop Author:J. C. Watts
“They said that I had sold out and (am an) Uncle Tom. And I said well, they deserve to have that view. But I have my thoughts. And I think they're race-hustling poverty pimps.” ThinkingWellsSaidBlackViewsRacePovertyDeserveTomsUnclesThey SaidMy ThoughtsHustlePimpSold OutUncle Tom Author:J. C. Watts
“A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders.” MenBlackRepublicanVotingChickens Author:J. C. Watts
