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That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I think because I came into journalism by way of the Black Panther Party - and not J-school or a corporate bourgeois… — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image
When you call me European, I say yes. When you call me Arab, I say yes. When you call me black, I… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had… — Lena Horne Copy Share Image
Most of my avant garde fashion is saved for my videos and for the stage. In real life, I tend towards a… — Jane Badler Copy Share Image
If Black women stand strong and our commitment is to ending domination I know that I'm supporting Black males, Black children male… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But… — Diane Lane Copy Share Image
If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Those on the left who scream about income gaps choose to focus on the success of those at the top rather than… — Star Parker Copy Share Image
This the American black man knows: his fight here is a fight to the finish. Either he dies or wins. If he… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
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[David] Mamet is another hypocrite. His idea of Black man is a pimp who abuses women, [Edmond], yet his play Oleanna [1994]… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
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We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
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![“[David] Mamet is another hypocrite. His idea of Black man is a pimp who abuses women, [Edmond], yet his play Oleanna [1994] ends with a White professor slapping an uppity feminist, at least the version I saw at San Francisco's ACT.” quote by Ishmael Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/275/ishmael-reed-7430_abuse_david-mamet-is-another-hypocrite-his-ide_2748270.jpg)
![“He [liberal white person] may stand with you through thin, but not thick; when the chips are down, you'll find that as fixed in him as his bone structure is his sometimes subconscious conviction that he's better than anybody black.” quote by Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0f7/malcolm-x-213_black_he-liberal-white-person-may-stand-with-y_3056263.jpg)
![“Of the Black Prince [his son] at Crécy, 1345: Let the boy win his spurs. [Old English] Also say to them, that they suffre hym this day to wynne his spurres, for if god be pleased, I woll this iourney be his, and the honoure therof.” quote by Edward III of England](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/02a/edward-iii-of-england-100092_black_of-the-black-prince-his-son-at-cr-cy-134_3172759.jpg)
![“We do not have an American culture. We have a white American culture and a black American culture. So when those two groups try to get together, [it's] very difficult because they each feel like they have the right to their culture.” quote by Michael Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/df1/michael-emerson-4622_american-culture_we-do-not-have-an-american-culture-we-ha_147976.jpg)
![“That worries me an awful lot. If people misunderstand our intentions [in Black Snake Moan], especially regarding my character, then they're essentially exploiting an already exploited and abused woman. So it's a huge concern for me.” quote by Christina Ricci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d30/christina-ricci-2657_abused-women_that-worries-me-an-awful-lot-if-people-m_568178.jpg)
