Black people Quotes · Page 7

I marvel at the many ways we, as black people, bend but do not break.

— Kristin Hunter

The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.

— H. Rap Brown

I think it's important for black people in general to be aware of what's going on and do what you got to…

— JPEGMAFIA

The myths that are created about the South, about the way we grew up, about black people, are wrong.

— Clarence Thomas

When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

There were no black images of dignity, no images of beautiful black people. There was this big hole. I tried to fill…

— Roy DeCarava

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.

— Richard Pryor

When you dishonor the the utter glory and majesty of black people, you lie. Your heart lies to you and you let…

— Sinead O'Connor

I have done more for black people than any other person in the nation, North or South,

— Strom Thurmond

I saw how the Government was run there [in Africa] and I saw where black people were running the banks. I saw,…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass,…

— Tupac Shakur

Back in the day, prior to rock and roll, music halls, concert venues were segregated if they allowed black people in at…

— Daryl Davis

“I understand now that the only time black people don't feel guilty is when we've actually done something wrong, because that relieves…

— Paul Beatty

I think that Hollywood is content with condescending to Black people, patronizing them, feeling sorry for us, and I think we're happy…

— Harry Lennix

The money I have made and will be making means nothing to me compared to the fact that about half of the…

— Alex Haley

We still have a long way to go but if we work together and we work hard, you'll see black people in…

— Leah Chase

I don't think Kanye West can support his view that George W. Bush just doesn't care about black people. But it's a…

— Jacob Weisberg

After Hitler was destroyed, there was the threat of Stalin, but it was always the world pressure that was upon America that…

— Malcolm X

“I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. It…

— Howard Zinn

My concern was first, for the black people of Mississippi, then I became concerned for black people nationwide, now my concern is…

— David Banner

“There's a strange uniformity in the vocabulary European soccer fans use to hate black people. The same primate insults get hurled. Although…

— Franklin Foer

I truly believe slavery is why, as a by-product, we still have a disproportionate amount of black men incarcerated in the USA.…

— David Oyelowo

I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective…

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

It's always seemed to me that black people's grace has been with what they do with language. In Lorrain, Ohio, when I…

— Toni Morrison

“I love being white. Seriously, I really do. If you're not white, your missing out. 'Cuz this shit is thoroughly good. Let…

— Louis C.K

Black people love Hispanics; Hispanics love blacks. We grew up with each other. We share a lot of the same stuff.

— YG

In a law enforcement situation, black people are not always treated the same as white people would be.

— Ato Essandoh

I have to be honest: I feel like I live in a constant state of rage, and I think a lot of…

— Alicia Garza

The poor black people in it make the black people in Gone With the Wind look like Malcolm X.

— Ben Stein

Black people shouldn't have permanent friends or enemies: they should have permanent interest.

— Killer Mike

“Man, people don' need no monster to make 'em do evil-hearted shit. All it take is a brown face, or somebody wearin'…

— N.K. Jemisin

The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.

— Quincy Jones

There are certain things black people just don't do, OK? Skiing is one of them.

— Reggie Miller

Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use…

— Sarah Silverman

I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.

— Tyler Perry

If you're going to make black movies only about black people, that's as bad as white movies only about white people.

— Rita Moreno

I don't want only young black people that listen to my music be able to appreciate it. I just want people to…

— Vic Mensa

I have no interest in romanticizing poor black people, having been one of them myself in our beloved hometown of Detroit.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Is it possible that more black people hate the President than are actually alive?

— Stephanie Miller

“Our endurance and suffering made us stronger than they can imagine. We became so strong that it takes only one of our…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos