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title: "42 Black Children Quotes by 37 authors"
description: "Browse 42 Black Children quotes by 37 authors. Discover the best Black Children sayings and thoughts."
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> [In Blackburn where I grew up, there was no other black children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-odudu/in-blackburn-where-i-grew-up-there-was-no-other-black-children/)

[A. J. Odudu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-odudu/)

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> [I'm the proud father of three Black children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-espy/i-m-the-proud-father-of-three-black-children/)

[Mike Espy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-espy/)

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> [I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-ashe/i-strongly-believe-the-black-culture-spends-too-much-time-energy-and/)

[Arthur Ashe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-ashe/)

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> [Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/only-when-christ-comes-again-will-the-little-white-children-of/)

[Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/)

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> [We grew up in a very strange world, because my mother was up against it all when she had three black children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaye-davidson/we-grew-up-in-a-very-strange-world-because-my-mother-was-up-against/)

[Jaye Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaye-davidson/)

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> [Our nation's oldest sin and deepest crime is the isolation of minority children - black children, in particular - in schools that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/our-nation-s-oldest-sin-and-deepest-crime-is-the-isolation-of/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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> [Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bond/violence-is-black-children-going-to-school-for-12-years-and-receiving/)

[Julian Bond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bond/)

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> [It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje/it-s-a-significant-question-should-black-people-only-adopt-black/)

[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adewale-akinnuoye-agbaje/)

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> [Our families have fallen to pieces. 75 percent of all black children are born out of wedlock, without a father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-steele/our-families-have-fallen-to-pieces-75-percent-of-all-black-children/)

[Shelby Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-steele/)

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> [It is not, nor will it ever be, white people's responsibility to teach black children our unique American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-whitlock/it-is-not-nor-will-it-ever-be-white-people-s-responsibility-to-teach/)

[Jason Whitlock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-whitlock/)

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> [Republicans bring out Colin Powell and J.C. Watts because they have no program, no policy. They have no love and no joy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-brazile/republicans-bring-out-colin-powell-and-j-c-watts-because-they-have-no/)

[Donna Brazile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-brazile/)

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> [In 1957, when I was in second grade, black children integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. We watched it on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/in-1957-when-i-was-in-second-grade-black-children-integrated-central/)

[Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/)

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> [And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the policies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-franks/and-yet-today-half-of-all-black-children-are-aborted-far-more-of-the/)

Trent Franks

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> [For generations, black children have been brought up to have a critical race consciousness, a framework for dealing with prejudice and discrimination,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-simmons/for-generations-black-children-have-been-brought-up-to-have-a/)

[Rachel Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-simmons/)

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> [I've gotten a firsthand view at the destruction that black men and black women not being able to stay and build healthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hill-harper/i-ve-gotten-a-firsthand-view-at-the-destruction-that-black-men-and/)

[Hill Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hill-harper/)

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> [Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/since-the-day-martin-luther-king-was-killed-the-black-middle-classes/)

[Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/)

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> [In Florida, North Florida, and across the South, Black children used to be used as alligator bait. That's how they would get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramell-ross/in-florida-north-florida-and-across-the-south-black-children-used-to/)

[RaMell Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramell-ross/)

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> [We don't live in a world that nurtures and cares for Black girls like me. And if the world doesn't care about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cori-bush/we-don-t-live-in-a-world-that-nurtures-and-cares-for-black-girls-like/)

[Cori Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cori-bush/)

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> [“One such question revolved around the informal institution of black kids eating together in the cafeteria. I’m going to let you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baratunde-thurston/one-such-question-revolved-around-the-informal-institution-of-black/)

[Baratunde Thurston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baratunde-thurston/)

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> [“Parents and schoolteachers counsel black children that, if they ever hope to escape this system and avoid prison time, they must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-alexander/parents-and-schoolteachers-counsel-black-children-that-if-they-ever/)

[Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-alexander/)

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> [The public school system is not about educating black children. Never has been. Inner-city schools are about social control. Period. They’re operated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-public-school-system-is-not-about-educating-black-children-never/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I'm an African woman, I suppose these thoughts torture me more than they do black American people, because it's like watching my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kola-boof/i-m-an-african-woman-i-suppose-these-thoughts-torture-me-more-than/)

[Kola Boof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kola-boof/)

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> [“I wept for my children and all black children who have been denied a knowledge of their heritage; I wept for all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr-2/i-wept-for-my-children-and-all-black-children-who-have-been-denied-a/)

[Martin Luther King Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr-2/)

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> [“The theory is that immersion in the history of one's own group will overcome feelings of racial inferiority both by instilling pride…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/the-theory-is-that-immersion-in-the-history-of-one-s-own-group-will/)

[Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-m-schlesinger-jr-2/)

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> [“There is no Black person here who can afford to wait to be led into positive action for survival. Each one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/there-is-no-black-person-here-who-can-afford-to-wait-to-be-led-into/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [“There is a belief advanced today, and in some cases by conservative black authors, that poor children and particularly black children should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-kozol/there-is-a-belief-advanced-today-and-in-some-cases-by-conservative/)

[Jonathan Kozol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-kozol/)

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> [“As with most voluntary school integration programs, dispersal of the black children was the norm. In Portland, no more than forty-five black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-bell/as-with-most-voluntary-school-integration-programs-dispersal-of-the/)

[Derrick Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-bell/)

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> [Symbolic racism is hurtful and it is especially hurtful to Black children who get called Black Pete in school and grow up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/symbolic-racism-is-hurtful-and-it-is-especially-hurtful-to-black/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

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> [Every single progressive education fad of the past thirty years has hurt poor black children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-steele/every-single-progressive-education-fad-of-the-past-thirty-years-has/)

[Shelby Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-steele/)

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> [In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/in-stamps-the-segregation-was-so-complete-that-most-black-children/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [I used to get letters saying, 'I didn't know black children and white children were the same.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-gregory/i-used-to-get-letters-saying-i-didn-t-know-black-children-and-white/)

[Dick Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-gregory/)

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> [In 2013, 71 percent of black children in America were born to an unwed mother, as were 53 percent of Hispanic children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-kristof/in-2013-71-percent-of-black-children-in-america-were-born-to-an-unwed/)

[Nicholas Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-kristof/)

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> [“One important aspect of black children's learning is that they tend to be significantly more sensitive to whether their teacher likes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-stephenson/one-important-aspect-of-black-children-s-learning-is-that-they-tend/)

Michele Stephenson

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> [Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stokely-carmichael/now-we-maintain-that-we-cannot-be-afford-to-be-concerned-about-6/)

[Stokely Carmichael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stokely-carmichael/)

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> [Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/audre-lorde/raising-black-children-female-and-male-in-the-mouth-of-a-racist/)

[Audre Lorde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/audre-lorde/)

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> [Young people are constantly absorbing - through media, textbooks, and policy - the myths of American exceptionalism; for black children, this means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-smith/young-people-are-constantly-absorbing-through-media-textbooks-and/)

[Clint Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-smith/)

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> [Part of our tradition as black women is that we are universalists. Black children, yellow children, red children, brown children, that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/part-of-our-tradition-as-black-women-is-that-we-are-universalists/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [ The President \[Barack Obama\] became quite emotional about transgender student rights, threatening to pull Department of Education funds from school districts that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/the-president-barack-obama-became-quite-emotional-about-transgender/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

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> [Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-wilson-wesley/black-children-need-to-see-their-lives-reflected-in-the-books-they/)

Valerie Wilson Wesley

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> [I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-williams/i-don-t-totally-believe-that-all-of-the-politicians-see-a-problem/)

[Barry Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-williams/)

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                        "text": "“Parents and schoolteachers counsel black children that, if they ever hope to escape this system and avoid prison time, they must be on their best behavior, raise their arms and spread their legs for the police without complaint, stay in failing schools, pull up their pants, and refuse all forms of illegal work and moneymaking activity, even if jobs in the legal economy are impossible to find. Girls are told not to have children until they are married to a \"good\" black man who can help provide for a family with a legal job. They are told to wait and wait for Mr. Right even if that means, in a jobless ghetto, never having children at all.”",
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                        "text": "“I wept for my children and all black children who have been denied a knowledge of their heritage; I wept for all white children, who, through daily miseducation, are taught that the Negro is an irrelevant entity in American society; I wept for all the white parents and teachers who are forced to overlook the fact that the wealth of cultural and technological progress in America is a result of the commonwealth of inpouring contributions.”",
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                        "text": "“The theory is that immersion in the history of one's own group will overcome feelings of racial inferiority both by instilling pride in past ethnic accomplishments and by providing ethnic role models to inspire future performance. Telling black children how marvelous old Africa was will make them work harder and do better. But does study of the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome improve the academic record of Greek-American and Italian-American children? Not so that anyone has noticed. Why is it likely to help black children, who are removed from their geographical origins not by 50 years but by 300?”",
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                        "text": "“There is no Black person here who can afford to wait to be led into positive action for survival. Each one of us must look clearly and closely at the genuine particulars (conditions) of his or her life and decide where action and energy is needed and where it can be effective. Change is the immediate responsibility of each of us, wherever and however we are standing, in whatever arena we choose. For while we wait for another Malcolm, another Martin, another charismatic Black leader to validate our struggles, old Black people are freezing to death in tenements, Black children are being brutalized and slaughtered in the streets, or lobotomized by television, and the percentage of Black families living below the poverty line is higher today than in 1963.”",
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                        "text": "“There is a belief advanced today, and in some cases by conservative black authors, that poor children and particularly black children should not be allowed to hear too much about these matters. If they learn how much less they are getting than rich children, we are told, this knowledge may induce them to regard themselves as \"victims,\" and such \"victim-thinking,\" it is argued, may then undermine their capacity to profit from whatever opportunities may actually exist. But this is a matter of psychology-or strategy-and not reality. The matter, in any case, is academic since most adolescents in the poorest neighborhoods learn very soon that they are getting less than children in the wealthier school districts. They see suburban schools on television and they see them when they travel for athletic competitions. It is a waste of time to worry whether we should tell them something they could tell to us. About injustice, most poor children in American cannot be fooled.”",
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                        "text": "Symbolic racism is hurtful and it is especially hurtful to Black children who get called Black Pete in school and grow up with the sense that they are inferior to white kids.",
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