DJ Young

“once people believe racism is their main problem, they become subject to that idea, and it prevents them from progressing.”
― Jesse Lee Peterson, From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson

“Much of black leadership would rather deny racial progress than claim credit for it, apparently finding more political power in highlighting problems rather than in solving them.”
― Jesse Lee Peterson, From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson

“the solution to America’s race problem—a problem analyzed and discussed for decades by armies of sociologists, politicians and activists—is internal, not external. It is inward, not outward; personal, not social; individual, not political.”
― Jesse Lee Peterson, From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson

“Gratefulness for being an American will give calm and peace to anyone. Our good fortune to be born on this soil, or to have emigrated here, is something we should regularly dwell on, and openly thank God for.”
― Jesse Lee Peterson, From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson