Voodoo tradition is described as a key to survival for people of the African diaspora. One quote says skin color called ‘cocoa’ shapes how others see identity. Others note legal progress and call for true empowerment over lingering oppression and demand respect.
![“Our [black people's] path is clear: We refuse to be inferior. We want to be exactly what Allah (God) has desired for us to be and we can't be that in their [white people's] house. We either have to take over their house or go and build a house of our own.” quote by Louis Farrakhan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/19c/louis-farrakhan-1264_black_our-black-people-s-path-is-clear-we-refu_1597785.jpg)
![“If you love Black people, why are you destroying Haiti? If you love Black people, why did you, [Hillary] Clinton, stop them from the rice that they were producing in Haiti to feed themselves and other Caribbean nations? You put the rice industry out of business; and now rice is coming from…” quote by Louis Farrakhan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f80/louis-farrakhan-1264_arkansas_if-you-love-black-people-why-are-you-des_2026475.jpg)
![“If I may add, for instance, [Martin Luther] King and these others will say that they are fighting for the Negro to have equal job opportunity. How can people, a group of people, such as our people, who own no factories, have equal job opportunities competing against the race that owns the…” quote by Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fef/malcolm-x-213_add_if-i-may-add-for-instance-martin-luther_1925176.jpg)
