Clarence Lusane > Quotes

“Many supporters believe--or want to believe--that Obama will be a transformative political leader in a transformative time. They eagerly await the flowering of peace and social justice policies that will open a new chapter in the abatement of "the structural inequalities that our nation's legacy of discrimination has left behind." Whether Obama, carrying the weight of race on his shoulders in a manner no other United States president ever has, will provide leadership and initiative on these issues is yet to be seen. At every opportunity, we should remind him to try.”
― Clarence Lusane, The Black History of the White House

“The generations of lives, experiences, and voices of marginalized and silenced Americans offer an array of diverse interpretations of U.S. history that have largely gone unheard, unacknowledged, and unrewarded. Without their perspectives, we are presented with an incomplete and incongruent story that is at best a disservice to the historical record and at worst a means of maintaining an unjust status quo.”
― Clarence Lusane, The Black History of the White House

“America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.”
― Clarence Lusane, The Black History of the White House

“More than one in four U.S. presidents were involved in human trafficking and slavery.”
― Clarence Lusane, The Black History of the White House