Story is morally neutral. It can express profound truth or propaganda. The two greatest political storytellers of the 20th Century were Winston… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
That's just how white folks will do you. It wasn't merely the cruelty involved; I was learning that black people could be… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
To challenge norms, presuppositions, practices in communities across this country - where the unconscious valorization and celebration of whiteness and conscious resistance… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America when what black America… — Jim Brown Copy Share Image
So many people representing different sections of our community are taken down one way or another. The system was designed to break… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
Bits and pieces flung into the universe, sticking in the sky like cotton balls on a jet black velcro surface. — Bradley Chicho Copy Share Image
I couldn't imagine anything more horrifying than three middle aged men trying to pretend that 'Black Dog' is still significant. It's inappropriate. — Robert Plant Copy Share Image
Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough… — Barbara Smith Copy Share Image
After the Civil War, when blacks fought along whites to secure freedom for all, southern states enacted Black Codes, laws that restricted… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
What can you do? [Bernie] Sanders, as a Jewish man: What could Pharaoh do to extend his time, and stop the plagues… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
I learned a lot that night. For example, that part of being the magician's assistant means coming face-to-face with illusion. That invisibility… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
John Howard, willing to apologise to home owners for rising interest rates, would not say sorry to Aborigines. He refused to condone… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but… — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
People who lose children have their hearts warped into weird shapes. Some try to deny it has happened. Some pretend it hasn't.… — Michael Robotham Copy Share Image
She's only pretty in that she has two small black eyes and a good figure. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life eventually, no matter whether… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
I feel an obligation to use black dancers because there must be more opportunities for them, but not because I'm a black… — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
In America, the traditional routes to black identity have hardly been normal. Suicide (disappearance by imitation, or willed extinction), violence (hysterical religiosity,… — June Jordan Copy Share Image
I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama]… — Julianne Malveaux Copy Share Image
Religion looms as large as an elephant in the United States, to the point that being nonreligious is about the biggest handicap… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Scottish men of a certain age have a black response to almost everything as a measure of how sophisticated they are. I… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I like seeing things that you don't normally see. Black people are so diverse, we do so many things, we have given… — Tichina Arnold Copy Share Image