Jesse Jackson also said he thought Barack Obama was talking down to black people by lecturing them on things like fatherhood and… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
For black people, everything we do has to be ratified and endorsed by a power structure that is white. And that reinforces… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
I remember when someone told me phones were going to have cameras on them, and I thought that was the dumbest idea… — Arthur Jafa Copy Share Image
“If Black people make up 13.2 percent of the US population, then Black people should make up somewhere close to 13 percent… — Ibram X. Kendi Copy Share Image
My personal history, along with the history of many black people in this country, is rife with trauma born out of anti-black… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
Black people watch more television than anybody else, which makes it legitimate to talk about television. Its anesthetizing effect has been quite… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
If you see black people being portrayed in this one way well then, when you see a black person in real life,… — KiKi Layne Copy Share Image
People always say 'You do racial comedy.' And I don't, exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
I collaborated with so many people from Chicago - so many Black people, young Black women organizations like BYP100 and Assata's Daughters.… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
“If it supports the liberation struggle of Black people then it is good. If it is in opposition to the liberation struggle… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The beauty of the literary art, the grappling with the black church, the wrestling with one's identity in the bosom of a… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I was morose that the Era of Barack Obama has returned us to a period where everything is racist, everyone is walking… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Republicans are just rich, old, white people - that's all they are. You ever see the Republican National Convention? All white people… — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
“) “Do you hear his voice as you hear me? Is it a voice outside your head?” “It’s difficult to explain. It… — Olga Núñez Miret Copy Share Image
Liberals want to set up social welfare committees to help whites and West Indians love each other in Birmingham. But all such… — Lewis Nkosi Copy Share Image
But for poor black people and working-class black people, it is a much more difficult way to go. The over-incarceration of black… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I spent 12 years of my life writing stories without black people. That's insane to me. It's insane that I could have… — Tomi Adeyemi Copy Share Image
We have to create a range, and we have to let there be possibilities. And basically, by showing there are different types… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that.… — Karyn Parsons Copy Share Image
The Mississippi is not the only river. There's the Tallahatchie and the Big Black. People have been put in the river year… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
The history of slavery in this country has affected not only how black people see themselves, but how white people see black… — Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Copy Share Image
Dr. King's policy was, if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
We're told that independent film lovers... folks that are used to watching art house films, won't come out and see a film… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
My mom was born in Jamaica and has always been around a community of black people, so she encouraged me to get… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
Music and football are two industries where black people excel, because talent is undeniable. You can't deny an amazing voice. You can't… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
Honoring George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown Jr., and too many other Black people taken from our communities by state violence is… — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
I've been in situations where I was 'black boy white,' or 'white boy black.' People didn't know, "Is he the whitest black… — Kevin michael Copy Share Image
There's one more thing I want to say. It's a touchy subject. Black beauty. Black sensuality. We live in a culture where… — Jody Watley Copy Share Image
Recognize that being one of the only black people in an organization, or just in a meeting, automatically makes you very visible.… — Kenneth I. Chenault Copy Share Image
I want young people to look at me and go, 'Damn, I want to be like that brother. He sharp, he be… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Here's the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it's all nonsense. There are no race relations.… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I learned that if you bring black people together, you bring them together with a song. To this day, I don't understand… — Bernice Johnson Reagon Copy Share Image
“if at all, since the Civil War. In Greenwood, many black workers were still earning 30 cents an hour and returning huge… — Ian Bell Copy Share Image
The liberal-run institution of journalism does not allow probing of real problems facing black people. That is prohibited. It might lead to… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
America is not all white people. It's not all black people. It's not all Mexican people. We together, and we all relate… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
In Soviet times, the border was closed, so we couldn't get out of the country, and I had been reading Robinson Crusoe.… — Wladimir Klitschko Copy Share Image
I think that's the obstacle, because once black people hear Bernie Sanders policy, it's almost instantaneous they switch. Hillary is good enough,… — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Even during my youth, I can recall very few black people living on any kind of public assistance. People were working, doing… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
