“I wasn't just defending myself. I was defending Indians, black people, and buffalo.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Anything I have ever learned of any consequence, I have learned from Black people. I have never been bored by any Black… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“God had indeed set it twirling and twisting every which way when he put black people to owning their own kind.” — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
I didn't always value the ways black people talked. I thought, in order to make art out of it, you had to… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
When we go in this Store, Don't ask for SHIT, don't look at SHIT & don't touch SHIT! — Deon Crockett Copy Share Image
I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
When white people eat potato chips, they're called white people. When black people eat potato chips, they're called niggas. — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
I think that, for so much of our matriculation through American society, black people sort of feel like outsiders. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people./May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the… — Amiri Baraka Copy Share Image
Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
“When I was a teenager, for example, others questioned my blackness because some of the life choices I made weren’t considered to… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
America don't have no future! America's going to be destroyed! Allah's going to divinely chastise America! Violence, crimes, earthquakes - there's gonna… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The establishment wonders why we can't get more of the black vote. It's because it's not doing the things necessary to establish… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
The system knows how to cherry pick black people. It's like affirmative action - once a year, one is recognized. But what… — Haile Gerima Copy Share Image
Many times, I get young people asking, 'What do you think about black movies?' And I say, 'What are you talking about?… — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
“He had dreadlocks, which is what some black people have, but he was white, and dreadlocks is when you never wash your… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
Never in life do you hear about a large group of black people getting killed altogether. 'Cuz we run. Nigga, we run… — Cedric The Entertainer Copy Share Image
Everyday, day & night, we hear the lies that September 11th is the worst tragedy, worst accident, and worst crime to ever… — Malik Zulu Shabazz Copy Share Image
“The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. It… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I come from somewhere and from specific black people in the South, including my parents, who built our first school, and rebuilt… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The night that George Zimmerman was acquitted, I think, for black people all over the world, there was a collective feeling of… — Alicia Garza Copy Share Image
I think that Malcolm X was envisioning, even while he was in the Nation of Islam, a black nationalist progressive strategy toward… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was always the only black kid on my team and (sometimes) I'd get questions from my friends when I'd… — Jarome Iginla Copy Share Image
“The example cited most often was a gradual change in eye color among Moirans. Eve Moira’s eyes had been hazel: relatively light… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if you're black or white, I'll love you, but if you are orange, then well… — LyLe Copy Share Image
“Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.” — Angie Thomas Copy Share Image
It would seem that some black people want to say that when you, as a black, become successful, you cease to be… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
My vehemence was against the federal courts. I never said a word against black people in my heart since I ran for… — George Wallace Copy Share Image
I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as 'Tarzan.' — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead. — Tim Reid Copy Share Image
They say African Americans. I say black people. I've only been to Africa once. I've been in America all my life! — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
When will it stop, when will our children be safe to play outside or to walk out the door without the sound… — MzLady Bee Copy Share Image
The now cool for Black people list: Skateboarding, listening to rock music, wearing clothes that fit, being the token black guy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's very important to get facials. Facials and sunscreen - people don't believe that black people need sunscreen, but sunscreen with save… — Jazmyn Simon Copy Share Image
Black people, take a cue from the Jews. When people discriminate against you, don't get mad...Get smart, get rich, and then get… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black. — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go. The fight for equality isn't over yet. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
I do not care if they are Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, white, yellow, brown or black people! Children are children, and children… — Mattias Konradsson Copy Share Image
I just hope that when black people look at me, they don't see someone superhuman. They see themselves. — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites. — Gary Owen Copy Share Image
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