Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I think, all too often, this society has too monolithic a definition of what a black American is. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
“A white American can orbit the earth, but a black American can’t enter a restroom.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
I'm not offended if you call me an African American. I prefer a black American. — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I try to convey what it feels like and sounds like and smells like and looks like inside of my particular skin,… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“You look like a black American" was his ultimate compliment, which he told her when she wore a nice dress, or when… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I'm a black American playwright. I couldn't be anything else. I make my art out of black American culture; they're all cut… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I joke to people in the press that I realize I'm not black, I'm actually white. But I've got these roots in… — Glenn Hughes Copy Share Image
In looking at difficulties in the black American community over the years, it has always astounded me how much white Americans take… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
There's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black American who wants a better life and… — Allen West Copy Share Image
I did tell the census man I was white, and I'm telling you, I started getting offers for the black American Express… — Tiffany Haddish Copy Share Image
“Los Angeles was like a B-Grade prostitute. She let anyone in, looked less than average, and once inside, you realized there was… — L.J. Shen Copy Share Image
The black man in North America was economically sick and that was evident in one simple fact: as a consumer, he got… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Hip Hop is the rebirth of civilization. For people who were disconnected from their continent, from their language, from their culture, and… — Jamaal Bowman Copy Share Image
I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became… — Lulu Copy Share Image
I am a black American, I say, and thus announce my atavistic connection to all others who live as black Americans, to… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
Well, when you think about it black American culture evolved over three and a half centuries. Every minute under which they lived… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
'America's Dad' is what we called Bill Cosby. And we called him that because, well, what a revolutionary way to put it.… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
I'm like two different people. The way I sing comes from the music I listened to when I was younger, from black… — Lisa Stansfield Copy Share Image
There's no reason why you can't say "August Wilson, playwright" even though all of my work, every single play, is about black… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
“Lieutenant Linh said, “Thank you for this valuable information, it gives us an opportunity to take counter-measures to nullify the American attack!… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
I always say that my artist statement is to not be afraid to talk about the messiness - the unpleasant feelings and… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“She’d heard of black American Express cards before, because famous people had them, and now she was holding one with her name… — Michelle Madow Copy Share Image
The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm an African woman, I suppose these thoughts torture me more than they do black American people, because it's like watching my… — Kola Boof Copy Share Image
The white American man makes the white American woman maybe not superfluous but just a little kind of decoration. Not really important… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“The overriding problem with BGFs is not rooted in the fact that they are Greek-letter organizations with unique practices or that their… — Ricky L. Jones Copy Share Image
“I am an American, proud to be an American, proud to be a black American. I’m not African-American. I’ve never been to… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
“For what people of color quickly come to see—in a sense the primary epistemic principle of the racialized social epistemology of which… — Charles W. Mills Copy Share Image
“While stationed in Fort Jackson, I experienced racial prejudice for the first time and came to the understanding that humans are not… — Omanson, Oliver Copy Share Image
“It is, indeed, one of the basic moral blindspots of American conservatism that its intellectual and leadership energy have never been focused… — Martin Kilson Copy Share Image
Damn, boo-hoo, sad story, black american dad story. Know that I'm your sister's kid but that still don't explain the love that… — Drake Copy Share Image
I think what I listen to now is what I listened to as a kid which is kind of black American soul.… — Matthew Healy Copy Share Image
“I advise you to be suspicious of any black American whose family does not claim a blood connection to Native Americans. That’s… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
Other countries get to support/cheer their athletes and everything is fine. As soon as I support Black American athletes, I get criticized. — Floyd Mayweather Copy Share Image
The performance of black American identity feels very different from actually living in a black body. There's a dissonance between inside and… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
The rise of fascism in Europe sent most Americans home. Some black American communists who had emigrated to the Soviet Union perished… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
Cant wait to get that black American Express. So I can show them white folks how to really pull the race card. — Cyhi Da Prynce Copy Share Image
