Jason Johnson

“There will be no sympathy for Trump from voters if he suffers greatly from COVID-19 and he wouldn't know how to be a sympathetic character anyway.”

“There is no political benefit to Trump pretending to have COVID-19.”

“The harsh truth is that Trump is a living co-morbidity, he's over 70, out of shape, eats terribly and doesn't believe in science. In other words, his chances of dying of COVID-19 despite the best medical team in the country being at his side are still higher than the average person.”

“Black people are often praised as heroes for saving a country that treats us like third-class citizens, yet when it comes to the fame, fortune, even historical reverence associated with those great deeds, we're left by the wayside.”

“African American patriotic heroism is always a curious spectacle. Often white political observers and politicians will praise Black people for their bravery, privately in awe of a people who continue to risk their lives for a country that will still barely let them vote.”

“I'm not racist:' Many self-proclaimed white allies say this to shut down conversations about how racism affects our society.”

“Blaxploitation films were all about centering Black love, action, pathos and showing Black folks with agency.”

“Maybe if you're Kanye West, or Lil' Wayne or Issa Rae, having songs, scripts and art leaked won't really put you out, but if you're a struggling Black artist trying to get ahead, the inability to control and protect your work can be devastating.”

“You could easily rename 'Captain America: Civil War' as 'Captain America Defunds S.H.I.E.L.D' and nobody would've noticed.”

“De-licensing cops won't stop every problem with American policing but it's a start.”

“One of the more morbid parts of the journalism business is the process of writing obituaries. Oftentimes, for older celebrities or historic figures, there's a rough draft obit on hand so that the moment the person passes you can go straight to publication.”

“The Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown is a right-winger who's been loud and wrong about just about everything during his tenure.”

“Election laws in America are so vague, so open to interpretation and so inconsistently enforced that Donald Trump, along with his allies in State Houses and the over 200 judges that he's placed in his first term, might be able to beat Joe Biden.”

“The Batman' at least has Black people in key roles, even if those roles were missed opportunities to explore why Gotham needs Batman.”

“There is no 2020 election. That requires two sides playing by mutually agreed-upon rules to play the game. The Democrats are running an election campaign for Joe Biden, the Republicans, on the other hand, are just doing whatever they can to consolidate power and keep Trump in office by whatever means necessary.”

“Blaxplotiation and horror films are a strange mash-up because arguably the two genres have different purposes.”

“Full disclosure, I know as much about Black horror films as I do about blaxploitation films in general, which is little to nothing, and most of what I've seen I didn't like.”

“Despite strong performances, Barry Jenkin's 'The Underground Railroad' is plodding and rudderless.”

“No one in America is deciding between Trump and Biden 50 days before an election, they're only deciding if they're going to vote or not vote, not whom to vote for.”

“Celebrities with big platforms and limited information say ridiculous things all the time and that's not worth a lot of energy.”