"Not being virulently and overtly racist against black people" and "treating gay people like human beings" are necessary conditions of greatness. — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it's as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is important for us to remember that black people have been patriotic and have fought for that American dream in every… — Adele Logan Alexander Copy Share Image
I've heard that Black people and Black faces don't sell magazines, but one day you're going to beg me to be on… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
It's not that George Bush doesn't care about black people, god made hurricanes, not people who can't swim. — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
The U. S. is becoming more hostile to Black people and other people of color. Racism is running rampant and xenophobia is… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“Everyone knew the way to dance was like black people did and they all danced that way.” — Eve Babitz Copy Share Image
Oh sure, I have a few black people in my family tree. They're probably still hanging there. — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
In the spirit of debunking racial stereotypes, the one that black people don't like to swim, I'm going to tell you how… — Mellody Hobson Copy Share Image
We live in a world where black people are targeted for death and destruction, and we should not be surprised when moments… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
White communities - and I exempt poor white communities from this - have power over their representation. White people have the ability… — Yance Ford Copy Share Image
White people moving into Brooklyn, I don't see anything wrong with that. I think that's fine and I think that's beautiful, but… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
“Oh Maker, what did they really say about your black creation? I think you made a beautiful work of art on a… — Chinonye J. Chidolue Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish person comes up to me and is all,… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
Merely because I was black, it seemed, I was supposed to listen to Hugh Maskela instead of Carole King, just as I… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
“The FHA had adopted a system of maps that rated neighborhoods according to their perceived stability. On the maps, green areas, rated… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“The destroyers will rarely be held accountable. Mostly they will receive pensions. And destruction is merely the superlative form of a dominion… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for… — Whitney M. Young Copy Share Image
As far Chicago, our city was designed with racism in mind, with neighborhoods segregated by expressways and train tracks. Even suburbs, like… — Christian Picciolini Copy Share Image
We are fighting so that insults may no longer rule our countries, martyred and scorned for centuries, so that our peoples may… — Amilcar Cabral Copy Share Image
Once you dive into the African-American struggle or whatever you want to call it and you look past that, you realize that… — Joey Badass Copy Share Image
“In historical terms women, black people in general, were very attracted to very bright-colored clothing. Most people are frightened by color anyway...They… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I think white people like to tell Asian people how they should feel about race because they're too scared to tell black… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. Do you have to? — Donald Sterling Copy Share Image
The idea of capitalism and the relation that black people especially have to capitalism is something that's interesting to us. — Stephen Glover Copy Share Image
America has a strange relationship with its racial memory. Death has always been a constant companion of black people. — Salim Akil Copy Share Image
Too far often, Black people are reminded of how far we have come as opposed to how far we can go. In… — Leigh-Anne Pinnock Copy Share Image
As long as black people preserve their culture in Harlem, Harlem will always be alive. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
MSNBC got rid of so many black people, I thought Boko Haram was running that network. — Larry Wilmore Copy Share Image
Being in the immigrant rights space, I've heard a lot of transactional talk with questions like, 'When will black people show up… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free,… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
On the history of black people in Britain, again, our history of race is not America's history of race. — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Black people created their own stereotype. Now its hard for me to be a educated young black man without being labeled as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Government is responsible for what is happening to black people in America. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
You see, in recent history, the Democrat party has created the illusion that their agenda and their policies are what’s best for… — Elbert Guillory Copy Share Image
